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General profile: Sweden

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR 2024
Exchange rate
Population
Population
Exchange rates
GDP
GDP
10.607 Millions
10.574 SEK/US$
606 366 Millions current US$
Land area¹
Land area
CPI growth (%)
CPI growth
GDP growth
GDP growth
(u) 407 284 km²
..
0.50 %
INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
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-0.9 %
Merchandise exports growth rate in 2024
Total merchandise trade
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Merchandise exports
130 962
158 549
140 023
195 790
Merchandise imports
111 697
148 946
138 398
189 158
Merchandise trade balance
19 265
9 604
1 625
6 632
Export structure by product group in 2024
(as % of total exports)
0 %0 %76 %76 %7 %7 %6 %6 %4 %4 %7 %7 %
Top 5 partners in 2024
(exports, millions of US$)
19 58018 83517 05213 24313 05419 58018 83517 05213 24313 054
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES
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Total trade in services²
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Services exports
38 114
53 877
72 532
116 860
Services imports
39 194
50 638
68 797
124 981
Services trade balance
-1 081
3 239
3 735
-8 121
Services exports by main category²
(as % of total services)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Transport
24.6
20.1
17.2
12.3
Travel
17.2
15.5
11.6
9.2
Other services
56.4
63.0
68.5
74.2
TRADE INDICES
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9799100103981021011001001009898104109106941151191149596969999999797100100999999101105104102105103
ECONOMIC TRENDS
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+0.5 %
Gross domestic product growth rate in 2024
Economic indicators
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2024
GDP, current
391 691
492 753
501 698
606 366
GDP per capita, current US$
43 378
52 542
51 196
57 167
Real GDP growth, y-on-y, %
2.79
5.75
4.41
0.50
Current account balance, % of GDP
6.02
5.93
2.59
6.00
Exchange rate (/US$)
7.473
7.208
8.435
10.574
GDP by expenditure in 2023
(as % of total GDP)
44.826.225.055.251.244.826.225.055.251.2
FDI AND EXTERNAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES
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+4.5 %
FDI outflows as % of GDP in 2024
Financial flows
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2024
FDI inflows
11 515.99
97.12
4 758.24
18 287.82
FDI outflows
28 633.00
20 729.88
9 540.43
27 368.75
Personal remittances, % of GDP
..
..
0.75
0.78
Financial flows trends
(millions of US$)
4 701.94 072.43 698.53 262.23 265.93 384.23 273.03 259.83 191.93 778.04 690.04 674.04 293.518 28824 97252 42424 88120 6228 3005 92315 00119 4394 7587 9094 03516 25712 9299710 14736 94728 59327 44611 51612 0935 28012 27310 91423 433FDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receipts
TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES
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Trade balance indicators²
(as % and index)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Balance, % of GDP
6.30
4.79
3.61
3.72
Balance, % of imports
16.54
12.02
8.80
7.23
Normalized balance
0.076
0.057
0.042
0.035
Trade openness²
(sum of imports and exports as % of GDP)
1071071079185949187858685838687848193898783
LIVING AREA
Population by living area in 2024
(% of population)
Urban 89%Urban 89%Rural 11%Rural 11%
OTHER INDICATORS
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0.045 %
Share of the total world merchant fleet in 2024
Maritime transport indicators
 
2005
2010
2015
2024
Merchant fleet, national flag (thousands of DWT)
2 191
2 206
1 473
1 073
Container port throughput (TEU)
..
1 397 145
1 457 679
..
Information economy indicators
(as % of)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Share of ICT goods, % of total exports
11.10
9.38
6.87
4.90
Share of ICT goods, % of total imports
11.02
11.03
10.08
9.05
Share of workforce involved in the ICT sector
..
4.47
..
..
Source: UNCTADstat (http://unctadstat.unctad.org)
Notes:
1
Land area refers to the total area of a country excluding area under inland water bodies. It differs from the country area, that includes area under inland water bodies, but excludes offshore territorial waters.
2
Statistics presented correspond to the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6, 2009).
u
Estimated. Data refers to 2020.
Symbols for missing values:
0
Zero means that the amount is nil or negligible
..
No value reported or collected
_
Not applicable
...
Not available, including no quotation
#
Non-relevant calculation
-
Not publishable
***
Negative accumulation of flows; Value included in regional and global totals
Abbreviations & acronyms:
DWT:
Dead weight tons
FDI:
Foreign direct investment
GDP:
Gross domestic product
ICT:
Information and communication technology
TEU:
Twenty foot equivalent unit
US$:
United States dollar
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Generation date: 02 December 2025