Sweden
Country in Europe
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 10.6M (2025). World rank 92 of 216; in Europe, 14 of 48. Area: 450,295 km². World rank 57 of 249; in Europe, 5 of 52. Life expectancy: 84.1 years (2024). World rank 9 of 216 (1 = best); in Europe, 6 of 48. From 2015 to 2025: population 9.8M → 10.6M, GDP $501.6B → $669B, and GDP per person $51,188 → $63,133. Better than all its neighbours (Finland and Norway): life expectancy.
State
- Official name
- Kingdom of Sweden
- Local name
- Sverige
- Capital
- Stockholm
- Region
- Europe
- Form of government
- Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
- Head of government
- Ulf Kristersson
- Women in parliament
- 45% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 10,596,620 2025
- Area
- 450,295 km²
- GDP
- $669B 2025
- GDP per person
- $63,133 2025
- Life expectancy
- 84.1 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Swedish
- Currency
- Swedish Krona (SEK)
- Time zones
- UTC+2
- Calling code
- +46
- Emergency numbers
- 112
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, F
- Mains voltage
- 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 3,218
- Neighbours
- Finland, Norway
- Agricultural land
- 7.3% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Kebnekaise, 2,100 m
- Lowest point
- reclaimed bay of Lake Hammarsjon, near Kristianstad, -2 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 320
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 7
- Warmest month in the capital
- July, 18°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, -3°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 624 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 23.5 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +0.3% 2025
- Living in cities
- 89.1% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +47.1K 2025
- Born in another country
- 21.4% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 16.7% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 62.4% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 20.9% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 85.6 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 82.6 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.4 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 9.3 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 8.6 2024
Society
- Religions
- Christian 53.9%, no religion 37.2%, and other 8.9% (2021)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 87.3 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 87.5 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 89.5 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 82.5 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 87.6 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $72,529 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +1.5% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- High income
- Gross national income per person
- $63,010 2025
- Inflation
- +0.7% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 87 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 1.5% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 21% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 67% 2025
- Unemployment
- 8.7% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 24.3% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 61.5% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 53.2% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 51.1% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- +6.8% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +2.6% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 0.8% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 27.2% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 29.3 2023
- Living on under $3 a day
- 0.8% 2023
Education
- Primary school enrolment
- 115% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 132% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 84% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 7.3% 2022
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 11.2% 2024
- Health spending per person
- $6,485 2024
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 13.4% 2024
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 4.4 2021
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 11.7 2021
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 1.9 2022
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 93% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 2 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 2.4 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 4 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.1% 2022
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 5.8% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 50.6% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 20.3% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 99.8% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 98.7% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 100% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 1.2 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 3.1 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 13.8 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 80.6 2025
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 5.3 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 3.6 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 5 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 68.6% 2024
- Protected areas
- 15.9% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 16,306 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 3.6% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 95.8% 2025
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 141 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 40.6 2024
- Internet domain
- .se
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 11,974 2025
- Renewable share of energy use
- 57.9% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 67.4% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 0.5% 2025
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 19,554,551 2023
- Airports
- 206 2025
- Railways, km
- 10,910 2020
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 3.6% 2023
- Researchers per million people
- 8,911 2023
- Scientific articles per year
- 21,244 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 1,851 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 17.7% 2024