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Employment rate in Europe (20-64) / Sweden
Share of the population aged 20-64 that is employed. This is the measure used in the EU's 2030 employment target.
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Employment rate in Europe (20-64) in Sweden was 81.8 % (2025).
-0.1 percentage points
Compared with a year earlier
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Data: Eurostat, dataset lfsi_emp_a, processed by SwedenMetrics.
European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) · 2025
76.1 %
Data: Eurostat, dataset lfsi_emp_a, processed by SwedenMetrics.
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Share of the population aged 20-64 that is employed. This is the measure used in the EU's 2030 employment target.
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Data: Eurostat, dataset lfsi_emp_a, processed by SwedenMetrics.
The figures behind the chart
| Period | % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 81.8 |
| 2024 | 81.9 |
| 2023 | 82.6 |
| 2022 | 82 |
| 2021 | 80.4 |
| 2020 | 80.2 |
| 2019 | 81.7 |
| 2018 | 82 |
| 2017 | 81.4 |
| 2016 | 80.8 |
| 2015 | 80.1 |
| 2014 | 79.6 |
Data: Eurostat, dataset lfsi_emp_a, processed by SwedenMetrics.