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.
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 58,780 (born in Afghanistan)
9,430 (born in Sweden to parents born in Afghanistan) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö | |
| Languages | |
| Pashto, Dari, Swedish | |
| Religion | |
| Islam |
History
editA few thousand Afghan refugees came to Sweden during the 1990s and there were 14,420 Swedes of Afghan descent by 2010. 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.[2]
Demographics
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According to Statistics Sweden, as of 2016, there are a total 34,754 Afghanistan-born immigrants living in Sweden.[1] Of those, 28,049 are citizens of Afghanistan (17,602 men, 10,447 women).[3]
Education
editAs 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]
Employment
editAccording 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%. They have an unemployment rate of approximately 17%.[6]
Notable people
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Foreign-born persons by country of birth, age, sex and year". Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
- ^ "Population by country of birth, age and sex. Year 2000 - 2018". Statistikdatabasen. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
- ^ "Foreign citizens by country of citizenship, sex and year". Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
- ^ "The population 2016 by level of education, country of birth and sex. Age 25-64". Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
- ^ "Befolkningens utbildning och sysselsättning 2014 - Educational attainment and employment of the population 2014" (PDF). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
- ^ "Mapping Diasporas in the European Union and the United States - Comparative analysis and recommendations for engagement" (PDF). Institute of Labor Economics. Retrieved 21 November 2017. - cf. Appendix 4: Diaspora characteristics - labour force indicators by sending countries