Trade and Jobs: Sweden

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EU exporter

Sweden

Swedish companies’ exports outside the EU are worth €135 billion in 2024. And this keeps 866,000 workers busy in the EU.

Swedish extra-EU exports support 720,000 jobs in Sweden.
Another 146,000 workers in Sweden are in jobs linked to exports from other EU countries to the world.
This means 16% of jobs in Sweden depend on extra-EU exports.
Swedish extra-EU exports also support over 247,000 jobs in EU countries.

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Latest news

Press release
12 November 2021

EU exports support 38 million jobs in the EU

This is one of the many figures in a new report released today by the European Commission, showing just how important an open trade policy is for European employment.

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