Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2023, Sweden's employment increased by 1.2% compared to 2022, reaching 243k.

Sweden accounts for 2.2% of the EU-27 total of 11,151k.

Sweden ranks 9th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 17.6% (from 206k in 2018).

Source: Eurostat dataset lfsa_egan, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.