Analysis concerning education and the labour market

Here you can find analyses on skills supply and demand as well as various reports on the relationship between education and the labour market. You can also find Statistics Sweden's data on labour immigration to Sweden.

Statistical news

Higher retention of foreign doctoral graduates in Sweden compared to master’s graduates

2026-03-02

Three years after completing their studies, just under six out of ten foreign doctoral graduates from the 2017–2020 cohort remained in Sweden. Among international students who completed a two-year master’s programme in Sweden in 2019, only around one third were still in the country three years later. For incoming students who completed a one-year master’s programme, retention was as low as 15 percent.

All statistical news for this statistic

Tables in the Statistical Database

Publications

Title Language Type Date
International doctoral graduates – post‑graduation outcomes English Report 2026-03-02
International incoming students – post‑graduation outcomes Swedish Report 2026-03-02
Citizens from EU/EEA-countries and their relatives English Report 2025-12-03
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Experiences of International Recruitment Swedish Report 2025-11-25
International schools in Sweden Swedish Report 2025-10-03
Family members of labour migrants from third countries Swedish Report 2025-10-02
Swedish employers recruiting from outside the EU English Report 2025-06-09
Labour migrants from third countries – Part-report in the government assignment Work in Sweden Swedish Report 2024-12-11
Swedish citizens returning from abroad – Part-report in the government assignment Work in Sweden Swedish Report 2024-12-11
Education and training within social care, child care and recreation – A methods study on adult education Swedish Report 2023-04-05
Matching on the labour market – the connection between education and occupation Swedish Report 2018-12-20
Theme: Trained health and social care workers – Today and in the future Swedish with elements of English Rapport 2015-12-16
Theme: Labour market Engineers Swedish with elements of English Rapport 2013-03-11
Theme: Employment in 2030 – can the current dependency burden be maintained? Swedish with elements of English Rapport 2012-06-27

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