OECD Economic Surveys: Sweden 2023
Basic statistics of Sweden, 2022
(Numbers in parentheses refer to the OECD average)1
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LAND, PEOPLE AND ELECTORAL CYCLE |
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Population (million, 2021) |
10.4 |
Population density per km² (2021) |
25.6 |
(38.7) |
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Under 15 (%, 2021) |
17.7 |
(17.4) |
Life expectancy at birth (years, 2021) |
83.2 |
(78.7) |
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Over 65 (%, 2021) |
20.1 |
(17.7) |
Men (2021) |
81.4 |
(75.9) |
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International migrant stock (% of the population, 2019) |
20.0 |
(13.2) |
Women (2021) |
85.0 |
(81.7) |
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Latest 5-year average growth (%) |
1.0 |
(0.5) |
Latest general election |
September 2022 |
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ECONOMY |
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Gross domestic product (GDP) |
Value added shares (%, 2021) |
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In current prices (billion USD) |
590.7 |
Agriculture, forestry and fishing |
1.5 |
(2.6) |
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In current prices (billion SEK) |
5951.8 |
Industry including construction |
25.5 |
(26.6) |
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Latest 5-year average real growth (%) |
2.1 |
(1.6) |
Services |
73.0 |
(70.8) |
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Per capita (000 USD PPP, 2021) |
60.3 |
(50.8) |
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT (Per cent of GDP) |
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Expenditure (OECD: 2021) |
47.9 |
(46.3) |
Gross financial debt (OECD: 2021) |
44.6 |
(109.6) |
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Revenue (OECD: 2021) |
48.7 |
(38.8) |
Net financial debt (OECD: 2021) |
-36.5 |
(71.0) |
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EXTERNAL ACCOUNTS |
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Exchange rate (SEK per USD) |
10.08 |
Main exports (% of total merchandise exports) |
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PPP exchange rate (USA = 1) |
8.67 |
Machinery and transport equipment |
33.4 |
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In per cent of GDP |
Manufactured goods |
16.6 |
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Exports of goods and services |
52.7 |
(33.3) |
Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. |
13.6 |
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Imports of goods and services |
50.0 |
(34.9) |
Main imports (% of total merchandise imports) |
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Current account balance |
4.2 |
-(1.1) |
Machinery and transport equipment |
33.1 |
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Net international investment position |
38.3 |
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials |
13.8 |
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Manufactured goods |
13.3 |
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LABOUR MARKET, SKILLS AND INNOVATION |
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Employment rate (aged 15 and over, %) |
62.1 |
(56.2) |
Unemployment rate, Labour Force Survey (aged 15 and over, %) |
7.4 |
(5.0) |
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Men |
65.5 |
(64.1) |
Youth (aged 15-24, %) |
21.7 |
(10.9) |
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Women |
58.7 |
(48.7) |
Long-term unemployed (1 year and over, %, 2021) |
1.5 |
(2.0) |
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Participation rate (aged 15 and over, %) |
74.5 |
(60.3) |
Tertiary educational attainment (aged 25-64, %, 2021) |
46.6 |
(39.9) |
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Average hours worked per year (OECD: 2021) |
1,439 |
(1,728) |
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP, 2020) |
3.5 |
(3.0) |
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ENVIRONMENT |
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Total primary energy supply per capita (toe, 2021) |
4.5 |
(3.8) |
CO2 emissions from fuel combustion per capita (tonnes, 2021) |
3.2 |
(7.9) |
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Renewables (%, 2021) |
45.9 |
(11.6) |
Water abstractions per capita (1 000 m³, 2020) |
0.2 |
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Exposure to air pollution (more than 10 μg/m³ of PM 2.5, % of population, 2019) |
1.6 |
(61.7) |
Municipal waste per capita (tonnes, 2021, OECD: 2020) |
0.4 |
(0.5) |
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SOCIETY |
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Income inequality (Gini coefficient, 2020, OECD: 2018) |
0.276 |
(0.315) |
Education outcomes (PISA score, 2018) |
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Relative poverty rate (%, 2020, OECD: 2018) |
8.8 |
(11.7) |
Reading |
506 |
(485) |
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Median disposable household income (000 USD PPP, 2020, OECD: 2018) |
32.8 |
(25.5) |
Mathematics |
502 |
(487) |
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Public and private spending (% of GDP) |
Science |
499 |
(487) |
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Health care (2021, OECD: 2020) |
11.4 |
(9.7) |
Share of women in parliament (%) |
46.4 |
(32.5) |
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Pensions (2019) |
9.3 |
(9.5) |
Net official development assistance (% of GNI, 2017) |
1.0 |
(0.4) |
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Education (% of GNI, 2021) |
7.1 |
(4.4) |
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1. The year is indicated in parenthesis if it deviates from the year in the main title of this table.
Where the OECD aggregate is not provided in the source database, a simple OECD average of the latest available data is calculated where data exist for at least 80% of member countries.
Source: Calculations based on data extracted from databases of the following organisations: OECD, IAE, ILO, IMF, United Nations, World Bank.