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General Information

Region		Northern Europe
Population (000, 2024)		10 607^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		26^a
Capital city		Stockholm
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		1 608.0^c,d
UN membership date		19 November 1946
Surface area (km2)		438 574^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		101.5^a
National currency		Swedish Krona (SEK)
Exchange rate (per US$)		10^e

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	505 104	547 054	591 189^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	4.5	-2.2	2.8^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	51 283.0	52 758.8	56 040.3^b
Economy: Agriculture^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	1.6	1.5	1.6^b
Economy: Industry^g,h (% of Gross Value Added)	24.9	24.3	26.9^b
Economy: Services and other activity^g,i (% of GVA)	73.4	74.2	71.5^b
Employment in agriculture^j (% of employed)	2	1.7	1.9^b
Employment in industry^j (% of employed)	18.3	18.3	17.2^b
Employment in services^j (% employed)	79.7	80	80.9^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	7.4	8.3	8.7^j
Labour force participation rate^j (female/male pop. %)	61.2 / 68.0	61.7 / 69.1	63.4 / 70.6
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	104	111	133^e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	102	101	101^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	140 006	154 936	197 928^e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	137 987	149 436	192 770^e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	2 019	5 499	5 158^e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	16 159	32 230	40 073^e

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	1.1	0.5	0.5^a
Urban population (% of total population)	86.6	87.7^d	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	1.1^k	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	1.8	1.7	1.4^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	84.0 / 80.3	84.3 / 80.6	85.2 / 81.6^a
Population age distribution^l (0-14/60+ years old, %)	17.3 / 25.4	17.7 / 25.6	17.0 / 26.4^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	1 602.5 / 16.4	2 003.9 / 19.8	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	225.5	304.3	291.7^e
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	2.9	2.8	2.4^a
Health: Current expenditure^m (% of GDP)	10.8	11.3	10.7^b
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	4.2	4.3	7.2ⁿ
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	7.4	7.6^d	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio^j (f/m per 100 pop.)	122.1 / 117.3	122.8 / 116.4	120.4 / 112.7^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio ^j (f/m per 100 pop.)	113.3 / 108.0	114.6 / 109.6	114.6 / 108.7^b
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio^j (f/m per 100 pop.)	179.7 / 148.5	173.8 / 151.1	185.0 / 153.0^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	1.1	1.2	1.1^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	43.6	47^o	46.7^o

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet^p (per 100 inhabitants)	90.6	94.5	95.7^e
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	3.2^q	3.5^j	3.4^j,q,n
Threatened species (number)	36	98	71^e
Forested area (% of land area)	68.7	68.7	68.7ⁿ
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	30.9 / 3.1	28.7 / 2.8	31.0 / 3.0ⁿ
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	1 398	1 394	1 471ⁿ
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	186	174	186ⁿ
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	6 482	1 957	6 629^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	57.9	59.2	59.5^e
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	96.0 / 91.6	96.0 / 91.8	96.0 / 91.8^b
Net Official Development Assist. disbursed^r (% of GNI)	2.05	1.27	1.34^b

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		Refers to "tätort" (according to the administrative divisions of 2005).
d		2019
e		2023
f		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
g		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
h		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation canals.
i		Includes publishing activities and landscape care. Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
j		Estimate.
k		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
l		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
m		Data based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
n		2021
o		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
p		Population aged 16 to 85 years.
q		The sum of the breakdown does not add to the total.
r		Development Assistance Committee member (OECD).