# Employment rate in Europe (20-64): Sweden

> Employment rate in Europe (20-64) in Sweden was 81.8 % (2025).

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 81.8 % |
| Period | 2025 (2025) |
| Change vs a year earlier | -0.1 percentage points |
| Frequency | year |

## Definition

Share of the population aged 20-64 that is employed. This is the measure used in the EU's 2030 employment target.

## Recent periods

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 81.8 |
| 2024 | 81.9 |
| 2023 | 82.6 |
| 2022 | 82.0 |
| 2021 | 80.4 |
| 2020 | 80.2 |
| 2019 | 81.7 |
| 2018 | 82.0 |
| 2017 | 81.4 |
| 2016 | 80.8 |
| 2015 | 80.1 |
| 2014 | 79.6 |

## Checks

Status: verified, 2026-10-31
- ok: range: latest 2025 = 81.8, allowed 50..90
- ok: fresh: latest 2025 ends 304 days ago, max 700

## Source and use

Data: Eurostat, dataset lfsi_emp_a, processed by SwedenMetrics.

Data licence: CC BY 4.0. Feel free to cite with a link to the page.

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