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Indicators of economy in Sweden

The essential economic performance of a country is reflected by the gross domestic product. So the total of all goods and services sold. Worldwide gross domestic product in 2021 was at about 12.259 USD per capita. GDP in Sweden, on the other hand, reached USD 60.239 per capita, or 627.44 billion USD in the whole country. Sweden is therefore currently ranked 22 of the major economies. If this is calculated per inhabitant taking into account the purchasing power parity, then Sweden is in the list of the world's richest countries in place 14.

Inflation in Sweden was in 2021 at around 2.16%. Within the EU, the average in the same year was 2.55%. In the United States, it was most recently 4.70%.

Compared with the USA, prices for daily consumer goods are around 9.3% higher.
The Corruption Perceptions Index for the public sector counts 67 and is compared to other countries moderate.


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Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic

Overall, the gross domestic product in Sweden in 2020 increased from 533.88 billion US Dollar to 541.49 billion US Dollar. Certainly, there have been shifts in numerous sectors of the economy, but a 1.4 percent increase has been rather unusual this year. While most countries have suffered significant losses, Sweden has certainly held its own. The unemployment rate rose from 6.8 to 8.3 percent. The country's gross debt increased by 19.2%. The inflation rate has fallen from 1.8 percent previously to 0.5 percent by the end of 2020.

Unemployment rates in percent 1991 - 2021

Economic performance 2021

 Sweden
Total		Sweden
per capita		EU
Total		EU
per capita
GDP627.44 bn USD60,238.99 USD17.09 tn USD33,228.68 USD
Gross national product613.36 bn USD58,887.60 USD16.78 tn USD32,621.03 USD


Sweden ranked 5th in the Bloomberg Innovation Index in 2021. The index is calculated annually and most recently included 60 countries. The front-runner was South Korea. 32 of the 2000 largest listed companies in the world originate from Sweden. This is determined annually in the Forbes Global 2000 list. The 10 largest companies in the country were in 2021:

Rank 215: Volvo Group (Gothenburg)
Rank 261: Investor AB (Stockholm)
Rank 293: Ericsson (Kista)
Rank 400: SEB AB (Stockholm)
Rank 453: Svenska Handelsbanken (Stockholm)
Rank 501: Swedbank (Stockholm)
Rank 582: Atlas Copco (Stockholm)
Rank 639: Essity Ab (Stockholm)
Rank 745: Sandvik (Stockholm)
Rank 753: Assa Abloy (Stockholm)

Development of the Gross domestic product in billion US Dollar 1960 - 2021


Household debt and deficits 2021


 Sweden
Total		Sweden
per capita		EU
Total		EU
per capita
Gross debt227.75 bn USD21,865.65 USD15.07 tn USD29,300.11 USD
Budget deficit1.50 bn USD144.13 USD799.24 bn USD1,554.11 USD

› Debt budget development
› Development of inflation
› Corruption in Sweden
› Cost of living in a global comparison

Im- and Exports 2021

 Sweden
Total		Sweden
per capita		EU
Total		EU
per capita
Imports264.33 bn USD25,377.39 USD8,916.24 bn USD17,337.55 USD
Exports292.02 bn USD28,036.10 USD9,554.34 bn USD18,578.33 USD


Development of imports and exports in billions of USD 1970 - 2021

Exports
Imports



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