Economy - overview:
Sweden has achieved an enviable standard of living with its combination of free-market capitalism and extensive welfare benefits. Sweden remains outside the euro zone largely out of concern that joining the European Economic and Monetary Union would diminish the country’s sovereignty over its welfare system. Timber, hydropower, and iron ore constitute the resource base of an economy heavily oriented toward foreign trade. Economic growth slowed in 2013, as a result of continued economic weakness in Sweden’s European trading partners; Sweden’s economy experienced modest growth in 2014-15, with real GDP growth above 2%, but the country continues to struggle with deflationary pressure.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
$467.4 billion (2015 est.) $454.9 billion (2014 est.) $444.8 billion (2013 est.)
note: data are in 2015 US dollars
country comparison to the world: 42
[see also: GDP country ranks ]

GDP (official exchange rate):
$483.7 billion (2015 est.)
[see also: GDP (official exchange rate) country ranks ]

GDP - real growth rate:
2.8% (2015 est.) 2.3% (2014 est.) 1.3% (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 108
[see also: GDP - real growth rate country ranks ]

GDP - per capita (PPP):
$48,000 (2015 est.) $46,700 (2014 est.) $45,600 (2013 est.)
note: data are in 2015 US dollars
country comparison to the world: 26
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Gross national saving:
31.2% of GDP (2015 est.) 29.7% of GDP (2014 est.) 28.8% of GDP (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 13
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GDP - composition, by end use:
household consumption: 45.4%
[see also: GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption country ranks ]
government consumption: 25.6%
[see also: GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption country ranks ]
investment in fixed capital: 24.1%
[see also: GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital country ranks ]
investment in inventories: 0%
[see also: GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories country ranks ]
exports of goods and services: 45.3%
[see also: GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services country ranks ]
imports of goods and services: -40.4% (2015 est.)
[see also: GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services country ranks ]

GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
agriculture: 1.8%
[see also: GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture country ranks ]
industry: 33.5%
[see also: GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry country ranks ]
services: 64.7% (2015 est.)
[see also: GDP - composition, by sector of origin - services country ranks ]

Agriculture - products:
barley, wheat, sugar beets; meat, milk

Industries:
iron and steel, precision equipment (bearings, radio and telephone parts, armaments), wood pulp and paper products, processed foods, motor vehicles

Industrial production growth rate:
3.5% (2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 71
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Labor force:
5.184 million (2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 78
[see also: Labor force country ranks ]

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 2%
[see also: Labor force - by occupation - agriculture country ranks ]
industry: 12%
[see also: Labor force - by occupation - industry country ranks ]
services: 86% (2014 est.)
[see also: Labor force - by occupation - services country ranks ]

Unemployment rate:
7.4% (2015 est.) 7.9% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 87
[see also: Unemployment rate country ranks ]

Population below poverty line:
14% (2011 est.)
[see also: Population below poverty line country ranks ]

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 3.4%
[see also: Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% country ranks ]
highest 10%: 24% (2012)
[see also: Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% country ranks ]

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
24.9 (2013) 25 (1992)
country comparison to the world: 140
[see also: Distribution of family income - Gini index country ranks ]

Budget:
revenues: $250.8 billion
[see also: Budget revenues country ranks ]
expenditures: $256.1 billion (2015 est.)
[see also: Budget expenditures country ranks ]

Taxes and other revenues:
51.8% of GDP (2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 12
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Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-):
-1.1% of GDP (2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 56
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Public debt:
44% of GDP (2015 est.) 43.8% of GDP (2014 est.)
note: data cover general government debt, and includes debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury; the data include treasury debt held by foreign entities; the data include debt issued by subnational entities, as well as intra-governmental debt; intra-governmental debt consists of treasury borrowings from surpluses in the social funds, such as for retirement, medical care, and unemployment; debt instruments for the social funds are not sold at public auctions
country comparison to the world: 103
[see also: Public debt country ranks ]

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
0% (2015 est.) -0.2% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 34
[see also: Inflation rate (consumer prices) country ranks ]

Central bank discount rate:
0% (31 December 2014) 1% (31 December 2013)
note:: the Discount rate was abolished in 2002, and replaced by a "Reference rate" with no bearing on monetary policy; the rate quoted here is the Reference rate
country comparison to the world: 156
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Commercial bank prime lending rate:
2% (31 December 2015 est.) 2.53% (31 December 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 178
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Stock of narrow money:
$272.7 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $258.7 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 17
[see also: Stock of narrow money country ranks ]

Stock of broad money:
$326.9 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $322.1 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 31
[see also: Stock of broad money country ranks ]

Stock of domestic credit:
$785.8 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $788.4 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 17
[see also: Stock of domestic credit country ranks ]

Market value of publicly traded shares:
$560.5 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $470.1 billion (31 December 2011) $581.2 billion (31 December 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 21
[see also: Market value of publicly traded shares country ranks ]

Current account balance:
$32.52 billion (2015 est.) $35.39 billion (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 12
[see also: Current account balance country ranks ]

Exports:
$151.1 billion (2015 est.) $178.8 billion (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 31
[see also: Exports country ranks ]

Exports - commodities:
machinery 35%, motor vehicles, paper products, pulp and wood, iron and steel products, chemicals (2012 est.)

Exports - partners:
Norway 10.4%, Germany 10.4%, UK 7.4%, Finland 7.3%, Denmark 7.2%, US 6%, Netherlands 5.3%, Belgium 4.6%, France 4.6% (2014)

Imports:
$133.2 billion (2015 est.) $161.4 billion (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 32
[see also: Imports country ranks ]

Imports - commodities:
machinery, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, motor vehicles, iron and steel; foodstuffs, clothing

Imports - partners:
Germany 17.4%, Netherlands 7.7%, Norway 7.6%, Denmark 7.4%, UK 6.2%, China 5.3%, Russia 5.2%, Finland 5.1%, France 4.4% (2014)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$62.5 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $65.38 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 34
[see also: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold country ranks ]

Debt - external:
$1.01 trillion (31 December 2014 est.) $1.107 trillion (31 December 2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 18
[see also: Debt - external country ranks ]

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
$432.2 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $429 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 18
[see also: Stock of direct foreign investment - at home country ranks ]

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
$504.8 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $487.4 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 17
[see also: Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad country ranks ]

Exchange rates:
Swedish kronor (SEK) per US dollar - 8.23 (2015 est.) 6.86 (2014 est.) 6.86 (2013 est.) 6.77 (2012 est.) 6.49 (2011 est.)