Afghans in Sweden

Swedish Afghans (Swedish: Personer i Sverige födda i Afghanistan) are citizens and residents of Sweden who are of Afghan descent,[1] part of the worldwide Afghan diaspora.

The number of incoming Afghans skyrocketed after the European migrant crisis in 2015-2016 as Sweden was one of the top destinations of Afghan migrants.

[3] As of 2016[update], 39% of the Afghanistan-born individuals aged 25 to 64 have attained a primary and lower secondary education level (33% men, 45% women), 30% have attained an upper secondary education level (34% men, 25% women), 11% have attained a post-secondary education level of less than 3 years (13% men, 9% women), 13% have attained a post-secondary education of 3 years or more (16% men, 11% women), and 7% have attained an unknown education level (4% men, 9% women).

[4] According to Statistics Sweden, as of 2014, Afghanistan-born immigrants aged 25-64 in Sweden have a very low employment rate of approximately 40%.

[5] As of 2014[update], according to the Institute of Labor Economics, Afghanistan-born residents in Sweden have an employment population ratio of about 22%.