ECONDEX

Economic and development data for every country, explained with the numbers checked.

Sweden

Europe & Central Asia. High income. Capital: Stockholm. Population 10,596,620 (2025).

Key trends

GDP per person (PPP) (constant international $)
40,845 51,874 62,902 1995 2025 63,362
GDP growth (%)
−4.1 0.7 5.6 1995 2025 1.5
Inflation, consumer prices (% annual)
−0.3 4.0 8.4 1995 2025 0.7
Life expectancy at birth (years)
78.8 81.4 84.0 1995 2024 84.1

Indicators

Each country reports for different years, so check the year beside every figure. Rank 1 is the highest value among countries with recent data.

Economy

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
GDP per person (PPP)constant international $ 63,362 2025 +3,904 +4,407 25 of 199
GDP growth% 1.5% 2025 +3.5 pp −2.8 pp 159 of 209
GDP per person growth% 1.3% 2025 +3.9 pp −2.0 pp 135 of 209
GNI per person (Atlas method)current US$ 63,010 2025 +8,420 +5,110 17 of 201
Trade% of GDP 104.3% 2025 +19.9 pp +20.2 pp 56 of 183
Foreign direct investment, net inflows% of GDP 2.6% 2025 −0.8 pp +0.6 pp 80 of 195

Prices and jobs

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Inflation, consumer prices% annual 0.7% 2025 +0.2 pp +0.7 pp 154 of 180
Unemployment (modelled ILO estimate)% of labour force 8.7% 2025 +0.4 pp +1.3 pp 47 of 186

People and health

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Populationpeople 10,596,620 2025 +243,178 +797,434 92 of 217
Population growth% annual 0.3% 2025 −0.5 pp −0.8 pp 157 of 217
Urban population% of total 89.1% 2025 +1.1 pp +2.5 pp 35 of 217
Life expectancy at birthyears 84.1 2024 +1.0 +1.8 9 of 217
Infant mortalityper 1,000 live births 2.0 2024 −0.2 −0.4 188 of 196
Health spending% of GDP 11.2% 2024 +0.3 pp +0.1 pp 15 of 193

Education

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Government spending on education% of GDP 7.3% 2022 −0.3 pp −0.3 pp 11 of 171

Access and infrastructure

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Internet users% of population 95.8% 2025 +1.2 pp +5.2 pp 21 of 185
Access to electricity% of population 100.0% 2024 0.0 pp 0.0 pp 91 of 215

Inequality and poverty

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Gini index (inequality)index, 0 to 100 29.3 2023 −0.7 +0.5 70 of 85
Poverty headcount ratio% of population, at the World Bank international poverty line 0.8% 2023 −0.1 pp +0.1 pp 51 of 85

Environment and energy

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Renewable energy% of final energy consumption 57.9% 2021 +7.0 pp +12.5 pp 40 of 212

* Latest figure is too old to be included in rankings or peer medians.

Advanced metrics

Indicator Own history Versus peers (latest) Growth and catch-up
10-yr meanZ-score Income group medianRegion medianVolatility (σ) 10-yr CAGR% of high-income median10 yrs earlier
GDP per person (PPP) 60,825 +1.8 49,305 42,577 1,430 +0.7% 129% 132%
GDP growth 1.8% −0.1 2.2% 2.1% 2.1 – – –
GDP per person growth 0.9% +0.2 1.7% 1.9% 2.0 – – –
GNI per person (Atlas method) 57,043 +1.9 37,020 26,410 3,188 +0.9% 175% 212%
Trade 93.3% +1.1 100.6% 100.8% 9.9 – – –
Foreign direct investment, net inflows 4.3% −0.6 2.1% 1.9% 3.0 – – –
Inflation, consumer prices 2.9% −0.7 2.3% 3.7% 3.1 – – –
Unemployment (modelled ILO estimate) 7.5% +1.5 5.1% 5.6% 0.8 – – –
Population 10,259,660 +1.3 2,930,494 5,827,802 264,845 +0.8% 362% 373%
Population growth 0.9% −1.7 0.4% 0.3% 0.4 – – –
Urban population 87.8% +1.7 81.3% 69.3% 0.7 – – –
Life expectancy at birth 82.7 +3.3 81.3 79.9 0.4 – – –
Infant mortality 2.2 −1.4 3.6 3.4 0.1 – – –
Health spending 11.1% +0.9 8.0% 7.9% 0.2 – – –
Government spending on education 7.7% −2.8 4.5% 4.6% 0.1 – – –
Internet users 93.2% +1.0 93.5% 91.9% 2.5 – – –
Access to electricity 100.0% – 100.0% 100.0% 0.0 – – –
Gini index (inequality) 29.4 −0.2 31.8 31.8 0.9 – – –
Poverty headcount ratio 0.6% +0.6 0.4% 0.4% 0.3 – – –
Renewable energy 50.7% +2.1 11.4% 19.3% 3.5 – – –

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