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Sweden
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ANNUAL ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT
Population & economic scale
The most recent non-empty observations returned by the World Bank when this snapshot was collected. Read the year on each card: these are annual statistics, not live measurements.
World Bank reporting entity: Sweden · 3 of 3 indicators available.
Population
10,596,620
people
observation
Definition, value & source
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
Received value: 10596620 people. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wpp/, publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), uri: https://unstats.un.org/home/nso_sites/, publisher: National Statistical Offices; Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT), uri: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database?node_code=earn_ses_monthly, publisher: Eurostat; Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), United Nations (UN), uri: https://unstats.un.org, publisher: UN Statistics Division
GDP
$669 billion
current US$
observation
Definition, value & source
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Received value: 668998664082.081 current US$. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
GDP per capita
$63,133
current US$ per person
observation
Definition, value & source
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Received value: 63133.2126736715 current US$ per person. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
GDP and GDP per capita use current US dollars, without an inflation or purchasing-power-parity adjustment. Source years can differ. Missing data is not zero; earlier archive figures below are retained as a separate historical reference.
THE REFERENCE FILE
Sweden at a glance
These are historical reference facts from the 2025 World Factbook archive. Each estimate keeps its own period; an archive edition does not make every figure a measurement from that year.
Population
total: 10,643,745 (2025 est.) male: 5,360,755 female: 5,282,990
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
$668.628 billion (2024 est.) $662.18 billion (2023 est.) $662.937 billion (2022 est.) note: data in 2021 dollars
GDP (official exchange rate)
$610.118 billion (2024 est.) note: data in current dollars at official exchange rate
Real GDP growth rate
1% (2024 est.) -0.1% (2023 est.) 1.5% (2022 est.) note: annual GDP % growth based on constant local currency
Real GDP per capita
$63,300 (2024 est.) $62,800 (2023 est.) $63,200 (2022 est.) note: data in 2021 dollars
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
2.8% (2024 est.) 8.5% (2023 est.) 8.4% (2022 est.) note: annual % change based on consumer prices
Unemployment rate
8.6% (2024 est.) 7.7% (2023 est.) 7.4% (2022 est.) note: % of labor force seeking employment
Labor force
5.699 million (2024 est.) note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work
Public debt
36.9% of GDP (2022 est.) note: central government debt as a % of GDP
Budget
revenues: $195.468 billion (2022 est.) expenditures: $191.095 billion (2022 est.) note: central government revenues (excluding grants) and expenditures converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated
Current account balance
$45.274 billion (2024 est.) $40.819 billion (2023 est.) $27.404 billion (2022 est.) note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars
Exports
$338.852 billion (2024 est.) $329.332 billion (2023 est.) $318.203 billion (2022 est.) note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars
Imports
$309.526 billion (2024 est.) $304.194 billion (2023 est.) $304.101 billion (2022 est.) note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
$62.569 billion (2024 est.) $60.863 billion (2023 est.) $64.289 billion (2022 est.) note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars
Electricity access
electrification - total population: 100% (2022 est.)
Internet users
percent of population: 96% (2023 est.)
THE HISTORICAL REFERENCE LIBRARY
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Browse the economy, population, resources and infrastructure. These archived descriptions keep their original wording and dates; they have not been updated to describe current conditions.
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Location
Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat, and Skagerrak, between Finland and Norway
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Capital
name: Stockholm geographic coordinates: 59 20 N, 18 03 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October etymology: the name of the city probably comes from the Swedish words stak (bay) or stock (stake or pole) and holm (island); it was built in the mid-13th century on the site of a fishing village, so the name may refer to building over earlier foundations
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Economic overview
high-income, largest Nordic economy; EU member but does not use the euro; export-oriented, led by automotive, electronics, machinery, and pharmaceuticals; highly ranked for competitiveness, R D investments and governance; recovery, with falling inflation and real wage growth balanced by risks from trade uncertainty
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Natural resources
iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, gold, silver, tungsten, uranium, arsenic, feldspar, timber, hydropower
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Agricultural products
milk, wheat, sugar beets, barley, potatoes, oats, rapeseed, pork, chicken, beef (2023) note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Industries
iron and steel, precision equipment (bearings, radio and telephone parts, armaments), wood pulp and paper products, processed foods, motor vehicles
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Exports - partners
Germany 10%, USA 10%, Denmark 8%, Norway 6%, Netherlands 5% (2023) note: top five export partners based on percentage share of exports
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Exports - commodities
cars, refined petroleum, packaged medicine, paper, vehicle parts/accessories (2023) note: top five export commodities based on value in dollars
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Imports - partners
Germany 17%, Netherlands 10%, Norway 9%, Denmark 6%, China 6% (2023) note: top five import partners based on percentage share of imports
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Imports - commodities
cars, crude petroleum, refined petroleum, vehicle parts/accessories, garments (2023) note: top five import commodities based on value in dollars
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Climate
temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Terrain
mostly flat or gently rolling lowlands; mountains in west
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Land use
agricultural land: 7.3% (2023 est.) arable land: 6.2% (2023 est.) permanent crops: 0% (2023 est.) permanent pasture: 1.1% (2023 est.) forest: 68.6% (2023 est.) other: 23.8% (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Natural hazards
ice floes in the surrounding waters, especially in the Gulf of Bothnia, can interfere with maritime traffic
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Languages
Swedish (official) major-language sample(s): The World Factbook, den obestridliga k llan f r grundl ggande information. (Swedish) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. note: Finnish, Sami, Romani, Yiddish, and Meankieli are official minority languages
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Religions
Church of Sweden (Lutheran) 53.9%, other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist) 8.9%, none or unspecified 37.2% (2021 est.) note: estimates reflect registered members of faith communities eligible for state funding (not all religions are state-funded and not all people who identify with a particular religion are registered members) and the Church of Sweden
2021 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Age structure
0-14 years: 17.1% (male 934,668/female 880,310) 15-64 years: 62.1% (male 3,365,754/female 3,208,248) 65 years and over: 20.8% (2024 est.) (male 1,032,279/female 1,168,576)
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Urbanization
urban population: 88.7% of total population (2023) rate of urbanization: 0.89% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
2023, 2020 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 82.9 years (2024 est.) male: 81.2 years female: 84.7 years
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Electricity
installed generating capacity: 55.307 million kW (2023 est.) consumption: 125.273 billion kWh (2023 est.) exports: 36.151 billion kWh (2023 est.) imports: 7.335 billion kWh (2023 est.) transmission/distribution losses: 9.109 billion kWh (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Electricity generation sources
fossil fuels: 0.5% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) nuclear: 28.6% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) solar: 1.9% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) wind: 21% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) hydroelectricity: 40.2% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) biomass and waste: 7.8% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Petroleum
total petroleum production: 11,000 bbl/day (2023 est.) refined petroleum consumption: 270,000 bbl/day (2024 est.)
2023, 2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Natural gas
consumption: 896.109 million cubic meters (2023 est.) exports: 10.625 million cubic meters (2023 est.) imports: 897.487 million cubic meters (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Carbon dioxide emissions
43.96 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) from coal and metallurgical coke: 5.324 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) from petroleum and other liquids: 36.768 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) from consumed natural gas: 1.868 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Telephones - mobile cellular
total subscriptions: 14.9 million (2024 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 141 (2024 est.)
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
total: 4.3 million (2023 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 41 (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Airports
206 (2025)
2025 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Railways
total: 10,910 km (2020) 8,184 km electrified narrow gauge: 65 km
2020 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Ports
total ports: 92 (2024) large: 3 medium: 10 small: 30 very small: 49 ports with oil terminals: 49 key ports: Falkenberg, Goteborg, Helsingborg, Karlsborg, Karlshamn, Lulea, Malmo, Norrkoping, Stockholm, Sundsvall, Uddevalla, Varberg, Vasteras
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
GDP - composition, by sector of origin
agriculture: 1.1% (2024 est.) industry: 22.6% (2024 est.) services: 65.9% (2024 est.) note: figures may not total 100% due to non-allocated consumption not captured in sector-reported data
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Remittances
0.8% of GDP (2024 est.) 0.7% of GDP (2023 est.) 0.6% of GDP (2022 est.) note: personal transfers and compensation between resident and non-resident individuals/households/entities
2024, 2023, 2022 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
CURRENCY OBSERVATIONS
Money & exchange rates
The latest verified daily references are separate from the historical country profile. Values are currency units per US$1.
Swedish Krona
SEK per US$1
Published reference snapshot; its original observation date is preserved.
1 SEK = US$0.09972277
9.5794–10.0441 SEK per US$1 across the displayed observations. The vertical scale follows this range.
View dated observations
| Observation date | SEK per US$1 |
|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | 10.0278 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 10.0441 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 10.0408 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 10.0388 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 10.0346 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 10.0147 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 9.9827 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 9.9691 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 9.9258 |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 9.9048 |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 9.9047 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 9.9048 |
| Sep 24, 2026 | 9.8967 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | 9.8538 |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 9.8272 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 9.8285 |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 9.8326 |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 9.8315 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 9.8282 |
| Sep 17, 2026 | 9.8102 |
| Sep 16, 2026 | 9.7777 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 9.7682 |
| Sep 14, 2026 | 9.7296 |
| Sep 13, 2026 | 9.6732 |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 9.6655 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | 9.6567 |
| Sep 10, 2026 | 9.61 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | 9.5864 |
| Sep 8, 2026 | 9.5967 |
| Sep 7, 2026 | 9.5794 |
Daily references are not live execution prices. A check time does not change a source observation date.
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