Sweden in figures
A profile of Sweden from official statistics: 44 figures in 9 sections, each with its period, its change from a year earlier, its rank among similar places where a ranking exists, and its source.
- People
- Work and income
- Economy
- Prices and housing
- Consumers
- Business and tourism
- Health
- Digital
- Energy and environment
- Sources and citations
People
Population in Sweden was 10.59 million in 2025, up 0.3% from 2024, and the 11th highest of 27 EU countries.
Work and income
Unemployment rate in Sweden was 8.7% in August 2026, down 0.1 percentage points from August 2025.
Economy
GDP (US dollars) in Sweden was $669 billion in 2025, up 10.6% from 2024, and the 9th highest of 27 EU countries.
Prices and housing
Inflation rate in Sweden was 0.3% in August 2026, down 0.7 percentage points from August 2025.
Consumers
Consumer confidence indicator in Sweden was -0.4 balance, percentage points in September 2026, up 4.7 percentage points from September 2025, and the 3rd highest of 25 EU countries.
Business and tourism
Nights spent in tourist accommodation in Sweden were 65.61 million in 2025, up 2.3% from 2024, and the 11th highest of 27 EU countries.
Health
Life expectancy in Sweden was 83.8 years in 2024, up 0.6 years from 2023, and the 2nd highest of 27 EU countries.
Digital
Share of people using the internet in Sweden was 98.3% in 2025, up 0.2 percentage points from 2024, and the 5th highest of 27 EU countries.
Energy and environment
Greenhouse gas emissions per person in Sweden were 4.5 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per person in 2024, up 7.1% from 2023, and the 2nd lowest of 27 EU countries.
Sources and citations
- Eurostat. Population on 1 January by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_pjanaggr3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-07.
- World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population growth, annual % (SP.POP.GROW). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.GROW. Retrieved 2026-10-09. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Eurostat. Population structure indicators by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanind3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_pjanind3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-07.
- Invokely calculation from Foreign-born population share (Eurostat migr_pop4ctb). https://invokely.ai/docs/methodology#foreign_born_share. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Eurostat. Population density by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_d3dens). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_d3dens/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-07.
- Source: Statistics Sweden. Statistics Sweden, table TAB6387: Labour Force Surveys, unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74, seasonally adjusted and smoothed. https://statistikdatabasen.scb.se/api/v2/tables/TAB6387/data?lang=en&outputFormat=json-stat2&valuecodes%5BContentsCode%5D=000007L9&valuecodes%5BArbetskraftstillh%5D=AL%C3%96SP&valuecodes%5BTypData%5D=TC_DATA&valuecodes%5BKon%5D=1%2B2&valuecodes%5BAlder%5D=tot15-74&valuecodes%5BTid%5D=*. Retrieved 2026-10-11. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. No changes made to source values.
- Eurostat. Income of households by NUTS 2 region, net disposable income, EUR per inhabitant (nama_10r_2hhinc). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/nama_10r_2hhinc/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Eurostat. Average full time adjusted salary per employee, euro (nama_10_fte). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/nama_10_fte/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Eurostat. Employment and activity by sex and age, annual data, employment rate 20 to 64 (lfsi_emp_a). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsi_emp_a/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Eurostat. At-risk-of-poverty rate (ilc_li02). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_li02/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-07.
- Eurostat. Employment and activity by sex and age, annual data, activity rate 15 to 64 (lfsi_emp_a). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsi_emp_a/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- World Bank, World Development Indicators. GDP, current US$ (NY.GDP.MKTP.CD). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD. Retrieved 2026-10-09. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- World Bank, World Development Indicators. GDP per capita, current US$ (NY.GDP.PCAP.CD). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Retrieved 2026-10-09. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Eurostat. GDP and main components, chain-linked volumes, percentage change (nama_10_gdp). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/nama_10_gdp/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-07.
- World Bank, World Development Indicators. GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) (NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Retrieved 2026-10-11. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- OECD. OECD National Accounts at a Glance: gross debt of general government, percentage of GDP (DSD_NAAG_VI@DF_NAAG_VI, LES13_FD4). https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_NAAG_VI%40DF_NAAG_VI&df[ag]=OECD.SDD.NAD. Accessed 2026-10-12. Data reuse terms and downstream attribution: https://www.oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions.html
- World Bank, World Development Indicators. Trade, % of GDP (NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-11. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Source: Statistics Sweden. Statistics Sweden, table TAB6596: Consumer Price Index (CPI), total, 2020=100, annual changes. https://statistikdatabasen.scb.se/api/v2/tables/TAB6596/data?lang=en&outputFormat=json-stat2&valuecodes%5BContentsCode%5D=00000804&valuecodes%5BTid%5D=*. Retrieved 2026-10-11. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. No changes made to source values.
- Eurostat. House price index, quarterly, annual rate of change (prc_hpi_q). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/prc_hpi_q/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-07.
- Eurostat. Distribution of population by tenure status, owner, all households and incomes (ilc_lvho02). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_lvho02/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Eurostat. European Commission (DG ECFIN) business and consumer surveys: consumer confidence indicator, balance in percentage points, seasonally adjusted (ei_bsco_m, BS-CSMCI). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ei_bsco_m/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Eurostat. Purchasing power parities, price level indices (EU27_2020 = 100), household final consumption expenditure (prc_ppp_ind_1, COICOP 2018 E011). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/prc_ppp_ind_1/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Eurostat. Severe material and social deprivation rate, total population (ilc_mdsd11). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_mdsd11/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Eurostat. Internet purchases by individuals, last online purchase in the 12 months, all individuals (isoc_ec_ib20). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/isoc_ec_ib20/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Eurostat. Inability to face unexpected financial expenses, total population, all household types and incomes (ilc_mdes04). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_mdes04/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Eurostat. Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by NUTS 2 and 3 region (tour_occ_nin2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tour_occ_nin2/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-07.
- OECD. OECD Inbound tourism: arrivals of non-resident overnight visitors (tourists), tourism demand surveys and frontier statistics (DSD_TOURISM_INTER@DF_INBOUND). https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_TOURISM_INTER%40DF_INBOUND&df[ag]=OECD.CFE.TOU. Accessed 2026-10-12. Data reuse terms and downstream attribution: https://www.oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions.html
- OECD. OECD Key tourism economic indicators: tourism direct GDP, percentage of GDP (DSD_TOURISM_KEY@DF_KEY_IND_PC, GDP_SH). https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_TOURISM_KEY%40DF_KEY_IND_PC&df[ag]=OECD.CFE.TOU. Accessed 2026-10-12. Data reuse terms and downstream attribution: https://www.oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions.html
- Eurostat. Artificial intelligence by size class of enterprise, enterprises using at least one AI technology (isoc_eb_ai). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/isoc_eb_ai/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Eurostat. Life expectancy by age and sex (demo_mlexpec). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_mlexpec/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-07.
- Eurostat. Infant mortality rates (demo_minfind). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_minfind/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- World Health Organization, data.who.int. Age-standardized prevalence of obesity among adults (18+ years), both sexes (NCD_BMI_30A) [Indicator]. https://data.who.int/indicators/i/C6262EC/BEFA58B (Accessed on 2026-10-12). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. No changes made to source values. WHO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.
- World Health Organization, data.who.int. Age-standardized prevalence of tobacco use among persons 15 years and older (%), both sexes (M_Est_tob_curr_std) [Indicator]. https://data.who.int/indicators/i/847662C/75DDA77 (Accessed on 2026-10-12). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. No changes made to source values. WHO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.
- Eurostat. Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 TOTAL (hlth_cd_asdr2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- OECD. OECD Health expenditure and financing: current expenditure on health, all financing schemes, share of GDP (DSD_SHA@DF_SHA). https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_SHA%40DF_SHA&df[ag]=OECD.ELS.HD. Accessed 2026-10-12. Data reuse terms and downstream attribution: https://www.oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions.html
- Eurostat. Individuals, internet use in the last 3 months (isoc_ci_ifp_iu). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/isoc_ci_ifp_iu/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Eurostat. Individuals, use of generative AI tools in the last 3 months (isoc_ai_iaiu). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/isoc_ai_iaiu/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Eurostat. Cloud computing services by size class of enterprise, enterprises buying cloud services (isoc_cicce_use). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/isoc_cicce_use/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Eurostat. Employed ICT specialists, percentage of total employment (isoc_sks_itspt). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/isoc_sks_itspt/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Eurostat. E-commerce sales as a percentage of total enterprise turnover, survey year (isoc_ec_evaln2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/isoc_ec_evaln2/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-10.
- Invokely calculation from Greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (EEA via Eurostat env_air_gge) divided by population on 1 January (Eurostat demo_r_pjanaggr3). https://invokely.ai/docs/methodology#ghg_emissions_per_capita. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Eurostat. Renewable energy share, overall (nrg_ind_ren). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/nrg_ind_ren/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Eurostat. Recycling rate of municipal waste (cei_wm011). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/cei_wm011/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
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