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General Information

Region		Northern Europe
Population (000, 2021)		10 160^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		24.8^a
Capital city		Stockholm
Capital city pop. (000, 2021)		1 608.0^c,b
UN membership date		19-Nov-46
Surface area (km2)		438 574^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		100.4^a
National currency		Swedish Krona (SEK)
Exchange rate (per US$)		8.2^d

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	495 813	505 104	530 884^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	6	4.5	1.3^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	52 801.2	51 726.2	52 896.0^b
Economy: Agriculture^e (% of Gross Value Added)	1.9	1.6	1.6^b
Economy: Industry^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	27	24.8	25^b
Economy: Services and other activity^h (% of GVA)	71.1	73.5	73.4^b
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	2.1	2	1.6^i,d
Employment in industry (% of employed)	19.9	18.3	17.7^i,d
Employment in services (% employed)	78	79.7	80.7^i,d
Unemploymentⁱ (% of labour force)	8.6	7.4	6.7^d
Labour force participation rateⁱ (female/male pop. %)	59.0 / 67.4	60.7 / 67.4	61.4 / 67.7^d
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	100	104	111^d
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	91	102	100^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	158 411	140 001	155 608^d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	148 788	138 361	149 792^d
International trade: balance (million current US$)	9 622	1 641	5 816^d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	29 196	16 750	28 188^d

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^j (average annual %)	0.8	0.8	0.7^d
Urban population (% of total population)	85.1	86.6	87.7^b
Urban population growth rate^j (average annual %)	0.9	1.1	...
Fertility rate, total^j (live births per woman)	1.9	1.9	1.8^d
Life expectancy at birth^j (females/males, years)	83.1 / 79.0	83.8 / 80.0	84.4 / 80.8^d
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	16.5 / 24.9	17.3 / 25.2	17.7 / 26.1^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	1 337.2 / 14.2	1 602.5 / 16.4	2 003.9 / 19.8^d
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	110.8^k	225.5	304.3^d
Infant mortality rate^j (per 1 000 live births)	2.6	2.4	2^d
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	8.3	10.8	10.9^l
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	3.8	4.2	4.3^m
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	6.5	7.4	7.6^m
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	101.2 / 101.7	125.5 / 120.5	129.8 / 127.6^l
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	97.6 / 98.6	150.0 / 131.5	156.7 / 147.0^l
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	99.1 / 100.5	179.1 / 149.2	194.7 / 175.6^l
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	1	1.1	1.1^l
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	46.4	43.6	47ⁿ

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	90^o	90.6	94.5^b
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	3.2ⁱ	3.2^p	3.3^i,l
Threatened species (number)	29	36	104
Forested area (% of land area)	68.4	68.7	68.7^l
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	46.8 / 5.0	37.7 / 3.8	32.5 / 3.2^b
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	1 354	1 400	1 502^l
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	225	188	206^l
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	5 183	6 482	7 440^l
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	57.3	58.1	59.1^d
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural %)	94.8 / 88.7	95.3 / 89.9	95.5 / 90.6^d
Net Official Development Assist. disbursed^q (% of GNI)	0.97	1.4	1.02^m

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		Refers to "tätort" (according to the administrative divisions of 2005).
d		2020
e		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
f		Includes irrigation canals.
g		Excludes publishing activities.
h		Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
i		Estimate.
j		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
k		Data as at the end of December.
l		2018
m		2017
n		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
o		Population aged 16 to 75 years.
p		The sum of the breakdown does not add to the total.
q		Development Assistance Committee member (OECD).