Communications: Broadband - fixed subscriptions: subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
41 (2023 est.)
Communications: Broadband - fixed subscriptions: total
4.3 million (2023 est.)
Communications: Broadcast media
publicly owned TV broadcaster has 2 terrestrial networks plus regional stations; multiple privately owned TV broadcasters operating nationally, regionally, and locally; about 50 local TV stations; widespread access to pan-Nordic and international broadcasters through multi-channel cable and satellite TV; publicly owned radio broadcaster has 3 national stations and a network of 25 regional channels; roughly 100 privately owned local radio stations, with some consolidating into near-national networks; an estimated 900 community and neighborhood radio stations broadcast intermittently
Communications: Internet country code
.se
Communications: Internet users: percent of population
95.77% (2025 est.)
Communications: Telephones - fixed lines: subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
9 (2023 est.)
Communications: Telephones - fixed lines: total subscriptions
898,000 (2023 est.)
Communications: Telephones - mobile cellular: subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
141 (2024 est.)
Communications: Telephones - mobile cellular: total subscriptions
14.9 million (2024 est.)
Economy: Agricultural products
milk, wheat, sugar beets, barley, potatoes, oats, rapeseed, pork, chicken, beef (2023)
Economy: Average household expenditures: on alcohol and tobacco
3.1% of household expenditures (2023 est.)
Economy: Average household expenditures: on food
13% of household expenditures (2023 est.)
Economy: Budget: expenditures
$191.095 billion (2022 est.)
Economy: Budget: revenues
$195.468 billion (2022 est.)
Economy: Current account balance: Current account balance 2013
$27.486 billion (2013 est.)
Economy: Current account balance: Current account balance 2014
$19.916 billion (2014 est.)
Economy: Current account balance: Current account balance 2015
$13.628 billion (2015 est.)
Economy: Current account balance: Current account balance 2016
$10.317 billion (2016 est.)
Economy: Current account balance: Current account balance 2017
$11.719 billion (2017 est.)
Economy: Current account balance: Current account balance 2018
$11.446 billion (2018 est.)
Economy: Current account balance: Current account balance 2019
$27.688 billion (2019 est.)
Economy: Current account balance: Current account balance 2020
$30.827 billion (2020 est.)
Economy: Current account balance: Current account balance 2021
$39.420 billion (2021 est.)
Economy: Current account balance: Current account balance 2022
$27.404 billion (2022 est.)
Economy: Current account balance: Current account balance 2023
$40.819 billion (2023 est.)
Economy: Current account balance: Current account balance 2024
$45.274 billion (2024 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates
10.5676 (2024 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates: Currency
Swedish kronor (SEK) per US dollar -
Economy: Exchange rates: Exchange rates 2013
6.5140 (2013 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates: Exchange rates 2014
6.8608 (2014 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates: Exchange rates 2015
8.4348 (2015 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates: Exchange rates 2016
8.5620 (2016 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates: Exchange rates 2017
8.5489 (2017 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates: Exchange rates 2018
8.6925 (2018 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates: Exchange rates 2019
9.4583 (2019 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates: Exchange rates 2020
9.2103 (2020 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates: Exchange rates 2021
8.5766 (2021 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates: Exchange rates 2022
10.1143 (2022 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates: Exchange rates 2023
10.6102 (2023 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates: Exchange rates 2024
10.5676 (2024 est.)
Economy: Exports - commodities
cars, refined petroleum, packaged medicine, paper, vehicle parts/accessories (2023)
Economy: Exports: Exports 2011
$259.105 billion (2011 est.)
Economy: Exports: Exports 2014
$251.073 billion (2014 est.)
Economy: Exports: Exports 2015
$219.258 billion (2015 est.)
Economy: Exports: Exports 2016
$220.295 billion (2016 est.)
Economy: Exports: Exports 2017
$235.036 billion (2017 est.)
Economy: Exports: Exports 2018
$252.514 billion (2018 est.)
Economy: Exports: Exports 2019
$256.362 billion (2019 est.)
Economy: Exports: Exports 2020
$241.041 billion (2020 est.)
Economy: Exports: Exports 2021
$299.955 billion (2021 est.)
Economy: Exports: Exports 2022
$318.203 billion (2022 est.)
Economy: Exports: Exports 2023
$329.332 billion (2023 est.)
Economy: Exports: Exports 2024
$338.852 billion (2024 est.)
Economy: GDP - composition, by end use: exports of goods and services
55.4% (2023 est.)
Economy: GDP - composition, by end use: government consumption
26% (2023 est.)
Economy: GDP - composition, by end use: household consumption
43.7% (2023 est.)
Economy: GDP - composition, by end use: imports of goods and services
-51.4% (2023 est.)
Economy: GDP - composition, by end use: investment in fixed capital
25% (2023 est.)
Economy: GDP - composition, by end use: investment in inventories
-0.1% (2023 est.)
Economy: GDP - composition, by sector of origin: agriculture
1.1% (2024 est.)
Economy: GDP - composition, by sector of origin: industry
22.6% (2024 est.)
Economy: GDP - composition, by sector of origin: services
65.9% (2024 est.)
Economy: GDP - per capita (PPP)
$71,845 (2024 est.)
Economy: GDP (official exchange rate)
$610.118 billion (2024 est.)
Economy: GDP (purchasing power parity) - real
$759.380 billion (2024 est.)
Economy: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 2015
29.2 (2015 est.)
Economy: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 2016
29.6 (2016 est.)
Economy: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 2017
28.8 (2017 est.)
Economy: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 2018
30.0 (2018 est.)
Economy: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 2019
29.3 (2019 est.)
Economy: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 2020
28.9 (2020 est.)
Economy: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 2021
29.8 (2021 est.)
Economy: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 2022
31.6 (2022 est.)
Economy: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 2023
29.3 (2023 est.)
Economy: Household income or consumption by percentage share: highest 10%
24.7% (2022 est.)
Economy: Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%
2.5% (2022 est.)
Economy: Imports - commodities
cars, crude petroleum, refined petroleum, vehicle parts/accessories, garments (2023)
Economy: Imports: Imports 2010
$198.157 billion (2010 est.)
Economy: Imports: Imports 2015
$202.956 billion (2015 est.)
Economy: Imports: Imports 2016
$207.863 billion (2016 est.)
Economy: Imports: Imports 2017
$225.584 billion (2017 est.)
Economy: Imports: Imports 2018
$244.417 billion (2018 est.)
Economy: Imports: Imports 2019
$236.049 billion (2019 est.)
Economy: Imports: Imports 2020
$218.725 billion (2020 est.)
Economy: Imports: Imports 2021
$275.583 billion (2021 est.)
Economy: Imports: Imports 2022
$304.101 billion (2022 est.)
Economy: Imports: Imports 2023
$304.194 billion (2023 est.)
Economy: Imports: Imports 2024
$309.526 billion (2024 est.)
Economy: Industrial production growth rate
0.3% (2024 est.)
Economy: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2015
-0.05% (2015 est.)
Economy: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2016
0.98% (2016 est.)
Economy: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2017
1.79% (2017 est.)
Economy: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2018
1.95% (2018 est.)
Economy: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2019
1.78% (2019 est.)
Economy: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2020
0.50% (2020 est.)
Economy: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021
2.16% (2021 est.)
Economy: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022
8.37% (2022 est.)
Economy: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023
8.55% (2023 est.)
Economy: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024
2.84% (2024 est.)
Economy: Labor force
5.699 million (2024 est.)
Economy: Population below poverty line
16.10% (2022 est.)
Economy: Public debt: Public debt 2022
36.9% of GDP (2022 est.)
Economy: Real GDP (purchasing power parity): Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2014
$454.179 billion (2014 est.)
Economy: Real GDP (purchasing power parity): Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2015
$477.927 billion (2015 est.)
Economy: Real GDP (purchasing power parity): Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2016
$499.030 billion (2016 est.)
Economy: Real GDP (purchasing power parity): Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2017
$517.711 billion (2017 est.)
Economy: Real GDP (purchasing power parity): Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2019
$586.374 billion (2019 est.)
Economy: Real GDP (purchasing power parity): Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2020
$595.212 billion (2020 est.)
Economy: Real GDP (purchasing power parity): Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2021
$653.402 billion (2021 est.)
Economy: Real GDP (purchasing power parity): Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022
$662.937 billion (2022 est.)
Economy: Real GDP (purchasing power parity): Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023
$662.18 billion (2023 est.)
Economy: Real GDP (purchasing power parity): Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2024
$668.628 billion (2024 est.)
Economy: Real GDP growth rate: Real GDP growth rate 2015
4.39% (2015 est.)
Economy: Real GDP growth rate: Real GDP growth rate 2016
2.13% (2016 est.)
Economy: Real GDP growth rate: Real GDP growth rate 2017
1.88% (2017 est.)
Economy: Real GDP growth rate: Real GDP growth rate 2018
1.77% (2018 est.)
Economy: Real GDP growth rate: Real GDP growth rate 2019
2.61% (2019 est.)
Economy: Real GDP growth rate: Real GDP growth rate 2020
-1.93% (2020 est.)
Economy: Real GDP growth rate: Real GDP growth rate 2021
5.23% (2021 est.)
Economy: Real GDP growth rate: Real GDP growth rate 2022
1.26% (2022 est.)
Economy: Real GDP growth rate: Real GDP growth rate 2023
-0.1% (2023 est.)
Economy: Real GDP growth rate: Real GDP growth rate 2024
0.82% (2024 est.)
Economy: Real GDP per capita: Real GDP per capita 2014
$46,841 (2014 est.)
Economy: Real GDP per capita: Real GDP per capita 2015
$48,772 (2015 est.)
Economy: Real GDP per capita: Real GDP per capita 2016
$50,290 (2016 est.)
Economy: Real GDP per capita: Real GDP per capita 2017
$51,474 (2017 est.)
Economy: Real GDP per capita: Real GDP per capita 2019
$57,046 (2019 est.)
Economy: Real GDP per capita: Real GDP per capita 2020
$57,489 (2020 est.)
Economy: Real GDP per capita: Real GDP per capita 2021
$62,732 (2021 est.)
Economy: Real GDP per capita: Real GDP per capita 2022
$67,076 (2022 est.)
Economy: Real GDP per capita: Real GDP per capita 2023
$69,226 (2023 est.)
Economy: Remittances: Remittances 2013
$4.674 billion (2013 est.)
Economy: Remittances: Remittances 2014
$4.690 billion (2014 est.)
Economy: Remittances: Remittances 2015
$3.778 billion (2015 est.)
Economy: Remittances: Remittances 2020
$3.266 billion (2020 est.)
Economy: Remittances: Remittances 2021
$3.262 billion (2021 est.)
Economy: Remittances: Remittances 2022
0.6% of GDP (2022 est.)
Economy: Remittances: Remittances 2023
0.7% of GDP (2023 est.)
Economy: Remittances: Remittances 2024
0.8% of GDP (2024 est.)
Economy: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2015
$58.099 billion (2015 est.)
Economy: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2016
$59.362 billion (2016 est.)
Economy: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2017
$62.191 billion (2017 est.)
Economy: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2018
$60.566 billion (2018 est.)
Economy: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2019
$55.510 billion (2019 est.)
Economy: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020
$58.260 billion (2020 est.)
Economy: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021
$62.053 billion (2021 est.)
Economy: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022
$64.289 billion (2022 est.)
Economy: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023
$60.863 billion (2023 est.)
Economy: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2024
$62.569 billion (2024 est.)
Economy: Taxes and other revenues
27.6% (of GDP) (2022 est.)
Economy: Unemployment rate: Unemployment rate 2019
6.83% (2019 est.)
Economy: Unemployment rate: Unemployment rate 2020
8.29% (2020 est.)
Economy: Unemployment rate: Unemployment rate 2021
8.80% (2021 est.)
Economy: Unemployment rate: Unemployment rate 2022
7.42% (2022 est.)
Economy: Unemployment rate: Unemployment rate 2023
7.61% (2023 est.)
Economy: Unemployment rate: Unemployment rate 2024
8.40% (2024 est.)
Economy: Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24): female
23.2% (2024 est.)
Economy: Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24): male
24.3% (2024 est.)
Economy: Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24): total
23.8% (2024 est.)
Energy: Coal: consumption
3.17 million metric tons (2023 est.)
Energy: Coal: exports
23,000 metric tons (2023 est.)
Energy: Coal: imports
2.078 million metric tons (2023 est.)
Energy: Coal: production
1.042 million metric tons (2023 est.)
Energy: Coal: proven reserves
5 million metric tons (2023 est.)
Energy: Electricity access: electrification - total population
100% (2022 est.)
Energy: Electricity generation sources: biomass and waste
7.8% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
Energy: Electricity generation sources: fossil fuels
0.5% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
Energy: Electricity generation sources: hydroelectricity
40.2% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
Energy: Electricity generation sources: nuclear
28.6% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
Energy: Electricity generation sources: solar
1.9% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
Energy: Electricity generation sources: wind
21% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
Energy: Electricity: consumption
125.273 billion kWh (2023 est.)
Energy: Electricity: exports
36.151 billion kWh (2023 est.)
Energy: Electricity: imports
7.335 billion kWh (2023 est.)
Energy: Electricity: installed generating capacity
55.307 million kW (2023 est.)
Energy: Electricity: transmission/distribution losses
9.109 billion kWh (2023 est.)
Energy: Energy consumption per capita: Total energy consumption per capita 2023
142.102 million Btu/person (2023 est.)
Energy: Natural gas: consumption
896.109 million cubic meters (2023 est.)
Energy: Natural gas: exports
10.625 million cubic meters (2023 est.)
Energy: Natural gas: imports
897.487 million cubic meters (2023 est.)
Energy: Nuclear energy: Net capacity of operational nuclear reactors
7.01GW (2025 est.)
Energy: Nuclear energy: Number of nuclear reactors permanently shut down
7 (2025)
Energy: Nuclear energy: Number of operational nuclear reactors
6 (2025)
Energy: Nuclear energy: Percent of total electricity production
28.6% (2023 est.)
Energy: Petroleum: refined petroleum consumption
270,000 bbl/day (2024 est.)
Energy: Petroleum: total petroleum production
11,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)
Environment: Carbon dioxide emissions: from coal and metallurgical coke
5.324 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
Environment: Carbon dioxide emissions: from consumed natural gas
1.868 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
Environment: Carbon dioxide emissions: from petroleum and other liquids
36.768 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
Environment: Carbon dioxide emissions: total emissions
43.96 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
Environment: Climate
temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north
Environment: Environmental issues
marine pollution (Baltic Sea and North Sea); acid rain damage to soil and lakes; air pollution; poor timber-harvesting practices
Environment: Geoparks: global geoparks and regional networks
Platåbergens (2023)
Environment: Geoparks: total global geoparks and regional networks
1
Environment: International environmental agreements: party to
Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling
Environment: International environmental agreements: signed, but not ratified
none of the selected agreements
Environment: Land use: agricultural land
7.3% (2023 est.)
Environment: Land use: agricultural land: arable land
arable land: 6.2% (2023 est.)
Environment: Land use: agricultural land: permanent crops
permanent crops: 0% (2023 est.)
Environment: Land use: agricultural land: permanent pasture
permanent pasture: 1.1% (2023 est.)
Environment: Land use: forest
68.6% (2023 est.)
Environment: Land use: other
23.8% (2023 est.)
Environment: Methane emissions: agriculture
127.8 kt (2019-2021 est.)
Environment: Methane emissions: energy
39.6 kt (2022-2024 est.)
Environment: Methane emissions: other
9.8 kt (2019-2021 est.)
Environment: Methane emissions: waste
112.7 kt (2019-2021 est.)
Environment: Particulate matter emissions
6 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Environment: Total renewable water resources
174 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)
Environment: Total water withdrawal: agricultural
102 million cubic meters (2022 est.)
Environment: Total water withdrawal: industrial
1.267 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)
Environment: Total water withdrawal: municipal
699 million cubic meters (2022 est.)
Environment: Urbanization: rate of urbanization
0.89% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Environment: Urbanization: urban population
88.86% (2024 est.)
Environment: Waste and recycling: municipal solid waste generated annually
4.618 million tons (2024 est.)
Environment: Waste and recycling: percent of municipal solid waste recycled
39.7% (2022 est.)
Geography: Area - comparative
almost three times the size of Georgia; slightly larger than California
Geography: Area: land
410,335 sq km
Geography: Area: water
39,960 sq km
Geography: Coastline
3,218 km
Geography: Elevation: highest point
Kebnekaise South 2,100 m
Geography: Elevation: lowest point
reclaimed bay of Lake Hammarsjon, near Kristianstad -2.4 m
Geography: Elevation: mean elevation
320 m
Geography: Geographic coordinates
62 00 N, 15 00 E
Geography: Geography - note
strategic location along Danish Straits linking Baltic and North Seas; Sweden has almost 100,000 lakes, the largest of which, Vanern, is the third-largest in Europe
Geography: Irrigated land
510 sq km (2016)
Geography: Land boundaries: border countries
Finland 545 km; Norway 1,666 km
Geography: Land boundaries: total
2,211 km
Geography: Land use: agricultural land
7.3% (2023 est.)
Geography: Land use: agricultural land: arable land
arable land: 6.2% (2023 est.)
Geography: Land use: agricultural land: permanent crops
permanent crops: 0% (2023 est.)
Geography: Land use: agricultural land: permanent pasture
permanent pasture: 1.1% (2023 est.)
Geography: Land use: forest
68.6% (2023 est.)
Geography: Land use: other
23.8% (2023 est.)
Geography: Major lakes (area sq km): fresh water lake(s)
Vanern - 5,580 sq km; Vattern - 1,910 sq km; Malaren - 1,140 sq km
Geography: Map references
Europe
Geography: Maritime claims: continental shelf
200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
Geography: Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone
agreed boundaries or midlines
Geography: Maritime claims: territorial sea
12 nm (adjustments made to return a portion of straits to high seas)
Geography: Natural hazards
ice floes in the surrounding waters, especially in the Gulf of Bothnia, can interfere with maritime traffic
Geography: Population distribution
most of the population lives in the south where the climate is milder and there is better connectivity to mainland Europe; population clusters are found along the Baltic coast in the east; the interior areas of the north remain sparsely populated
Geography: Terrain
mostly flat or gently rolling lowlands; mountains in west
Government: Administrative divisions
21 counties ( lan , singular and plural); Blekinge, Dalarna, Gavleborg, Gotland, Halland, Jamtland, Jonkoping, Kalmar, Kronoberg, Norrbotten, Orebro, Ostergotland, Skane, Sodermanland, Stockholm, Uppsala, Varmland, Vasterbotten, Vasternorrland, Vastmanland, Vastra Gotaland
Government: Capital: daylight saving time
+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
Government: Capital: etymology
the name of the city probably comes from the Swedish words stak (bay) or stock (stake or pole) and holm (island); it was built in the mid-13th century on the site of a fishing village, so the name may refer to building over earlier foundations
Government: Capital: geographic coordinates
59 20 N, 18 03 E
Government: Capital: time difference
UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Government: Citizenship: citizenship by birth
no
Government: Citizenship: citizenship by descent only
the father must be a citizen of Sweden; in the case of a child born out of wedlock, the mother must be a citizen of Sweden and the father unknown
Government: Citizenship: dual citizenship recognized
no, unless the other citizenship was acquired involuntarily
Government: Citizenship: residency requirement for naturalization
5 years
Government: Constitution: amendment process
proposed by Parliament; passage requires simple majority vote in two consecutive parliamentary terms with an intervening general election; passage also requires approval by simple majority vote in a referendum if Parliament approves a motion for a referendum by one third of its members; the results of such a referendum are only binding if a majority vote against the proposal
Government: Constitution: history
Sweden has four fundamental laws which together make up the Constitution: The Instrument of Government (several previous; latest 1974); The Act of Succession (enacted 1810; changed in 1937 and 1980); The Freedom of the Press Act (many previous; latest in 1949); The Fundamental Law on Freedom of Expression (adopted 1991)
Government: Country name: conventional short form
Sweden
Government: Country name: etymology
name derives from the North Germanic Svea tribe that inhabited central Sweden; the tribe's name probably comes from the Old German word sweba , meaning "independent;" the local form of the country's name, Sverige, means "kingdom of the Svea"
Government: Country name: local long form
Konungariket Sverige
Government: Country name: local short form
Sverige
Government: Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission
Ambassador Christine TORETTI (since 21 October 2025)
Government: Diplomatic representation from the US: email address and website
STKACSinfo@state.gov https://se.usembassy.gov/
Government: Diplomatic representation from the US: embassy
Dag Hammarskjolds Vag 31, SE-115 89 Stockholm
Government: Diplomatic representation from the US: FAX
[46] (08) 661-19-64
Government: Diplomatic representation from the US: mailing address
5750 Stockholm Place, Washington, DC 20521-5750
Government: Diplomatic representation from the US: telephone
[46] (08) 783-53-00
Government: Diplomatic representation in the US: chancery
2900 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20007
Government: Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission
Ambassador Urban AHLIN (since 15 September 2023)
Government: Diplomatic representation in the US: consulate(s) general
New York, San Francisco
Government: Diplomatic representation in the US: email address and website
ambassaden.washington@gov.se https://www.swedenabroad.se/en/embassies/usa-washington/
Government: Diplomatic representation in the US: FAX
[1] (202) 467-2699
Government: Diplomatic representation in the US: telephone
[1] (202) 467-2600
Government: Executive branch: cabinet
Cabinet appointed by the prime minister
Government: Executive branch: chief of state
King CARL XVI GUSTAF (since 15 September 1973)
Government: Executive branch: election/appointment process
the monarchy is hereditary; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually becomes the prime minister
Government: Executive branch: head of government
Prime Minister Ulf KRISTERSSON (since 18 October 2022)
Government: Flag
description: blue with a golden yellow cross extending to the edges of the flag; the cross is shifted to the left side in the style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag) meaning: the colors come from the Swedish coat of arms
Government: International law organization participation
accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction
Government: International organization participation
ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Arctic Council, Australia Group, BIS, CBSS, CD, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EITI (implementing country), EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, G-9, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD (partners), IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MONUSCO, NATO, NC, NEA, NIB, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, PFP, Schengen Convention, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMISS, UNMOGIP, UNOOSA, UNRWA, UN Security Council (temporary), UNSOM, UNTSO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
Government: Judicial branch: highest court(s)
Supreme Court of Sweden (consists of 16 justices, including the court chairman); Supreme Administrative Court (consists of 18 justices, including the court president)
Government: Judicial branch: judge selection and term of office
Supreme Court and Supreme Administrative Court justices nominated by the Judges Proposal Board, a 9-member nominating body consisting of high-level judges, prosecutors, and members of Parliament; justices appointed by the government; after a probationary period, justices' appointments are permanent
Government: Judicial branch: subordinate courts
first instance, appellate, general, and administrative courts; specialized courts that handle cases such as land and environment, immigration, labor, markets, and patents
Government: Legal system
civil law system influenced by Roman-Germanic law and customary law
Government: Legislative branch: electoral system
proportional representation
Government: Legislative branch: expected date of next election
September 2026
Government: Legislative branch: legislative structure
unicameral
Government: Legislative branch: legislature name
Parliament (Riksdagen)
Government: Legislative branch: most recent election date
9/11/2022
Government: Legislative branch: number of seats
349 (all directly elected)
Government: Legislative branch: parties elected and seats per party
Social Democratic Party (SAP) (107); Sweden Democrats (SD) (73); Moderate Party (M) (68); Left Party (VP) (24); Centre Party (CP) (24); Christian Democrats (KD) (19); Green Party (Mpg) (18); Other (16)
Government: Legislative branch: percentage of women in chamber
45%
Government: Legislative branch: scope of elections
full renewal
Government: Legislative branch: term in office
4 years
Government: National anthem(s): history
adopted 1844 as the royal anthem, but also used as the national anthem until 1893; only the first verse is sung if the monarch is present
Government: National anthem(s): lyrics/music
Carl Wilhelm August Strandberg/Otto Lindblad
Government: National color(s)
blue, yellow
Government: National heritage: selected World Heritage Site locales
Royal Domain of Drottningholm (c); Laponian Area (m); High Coast/Kvarken Archipelago (n); Birka and Hovgården (c); Hanseatic Town of Visby (c); Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå (c); Naval Port of Karlskrona (c); Rock Carvings in Tanum (c); Engelsberg Ironworks (c); Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun (c)
Government: National heritage: total World Heritage Sites
15 (13 cultural, 1 natural, 1 mixed)
Government: National holiday
National Day, 6 June (1983)
Government: National symbol(s)
three crowns, lion
Government: Political parties
Center Party (Centerpartiet) or C Christian Democrats (Kristdemokraterna) or KD Green Party (Miljopartiet de Grona) or MP Left Party (Vansterpartiet) or V Moderate Party (Moderaterna) or M Sweden Democrats (Sverigedemokraterna) or SD Swedish Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokraterna) or S/SAP The Liberals (Liberalerna) or L
Government: Suffrage
18 years of age; universal
Introduction: Background
A military power during the 17th century, Sweden maintained a policy of military non-alignment until it applied to join NATO in 2022. Sweden has not participated in any war for two centuries. Stockholm preserved an armed neutrality in both World Wars. Since then, Sweden has pursued a successful economic formula consisting of a capitalist system intermixed with substantial welfare elements. Sweden joined the EU in 1995, but the public rejected the introduction of the euro in a 2003 referendum. The share of Sweden’s population born abroad increased from 11.3% in 2000 to 20% in 2022.
Military and Security: Military - note
the Swedish military is responsible for deterrence and the defense of the country and its territories against armed attack, supporting Sweden’s national security interests, providing societal support, such as humanitarian aid, and contributing to international peacekeeping and peacemaking operations; the military has a relatively small active duty force that is designed to be rapidly mobilized in a crisis with a trained reserve and a Home Guard Sweden maintained a policy of military non-alignment for over 200 years before applying for NATO membership in May 2022 following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine; it became a NATO member in March 2024; prior to membership, Stockholm joined NATO’s Partnership for Peace program in 1994 and contributed to NATO-led missions, including those in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Kosovo; the military cooperates closely with the forces of other Nordic countries through the Nordic Defense Cooperation (NORDEFCO; established 2009), which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden; Sweden is a signatory of the EU’s Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP) and contributes to CSDP missions and operations, including EU battlegroups; it also participates in UN-led missions; Sweden has close bilateral security relations with some individual NATO member states, particularly Finland, Germany, Norway, the UK, and the US (2025)
Military and Security: Military and security forces
Swedish Armed Forces (Försvarsmakten): Army, Navy, Air Force, Home Guard (202)
Military and Security: Military and security service personnel strengths
approximately 25,000 active military personnel; approximately 21,000 Home Guard (2025)
Military and Security: Military deployments
approximately 600 Latvia (NATO) (2025)
Military and Security: Military equipment inventories and acquisitions
the SAF's inventory is comprised of mostly domestically produced armaments alongside smaller amounts of imported Western systems; Sweden's defense industry produces a range of air, land, and naval systems, including armored vehicles, combat aircraft, and submarines; it also produces weapons systems jointly with other countries (2025)
Military and Security: Military expenditures: Military Expenditures 2015
1.07% (2015 est.)
Military and Security: Military expenditures: Military Expenditures 2016
1.06% (2016 est.)
Military and Security: Military expenditures: Military Expenditures 2017
1.03% (2017 est.)
Military and Security: Military expenditures: Military Expenditures 2018
1.04% (2018 est.)
Military and Security: Military expenditures: Military Expenditures 2019
1.10% (2019 est.)
Military and Security: Military expenditures: Military Expenditures 2020
1.15% (2020 est.)
Military and Security: Military expenditures: Military Expenditures 2021
1.19% (2021 est.)
Military and Security: Military expenditures: Military Expenditures 2022
1.33% (2022 est.)
Military and Security: Military expenditures: Military Expenditures 2023
1.50% (2023 est.)
Military and Security: Military expenditures: Military Expenditures 2024
2.00% (2024 est.)
Military and Security: Military expenditures: Military Expenditures 2025
2.5% of GDP (2025 est.)
Military and Security: Military service age and obligation
18 years of age for voluntary and selective conscripted service for men and women; conscript service obligation typically 9-15 months depending on the branch of service and position, with a reserve commitment up to age 45 (2026)
People and Society: Age structure: 0-14 years
17.1% (male 934,668/female 880,310)
People and Society: Age structure: 15-64 years
62.1% (male 3,365,754/female 3,208,248)
People and Society: Age structure: 65 years and over
20.8% (2024 est.) (male 1,032,279/female 1,168,576)
People and Society: Alcohol consumption per capita: beer
2.6 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
People and Society: Alcohol consumption per capita: other alcohols
0.1 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
People and Society: Alcohol consumption per capita: spirits
1 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
People and Society: Alcohol consumption per capita: total
7.1 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
People and Society: Alcohol consumption per capita: wine
3.4 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
People and Society: Birth rate
10.56 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)
People and Society: Current health expenditure
11.22% (2024 est.)
People and Society: Currently married women (ages 15-49)
53.6% (2023 est.)
People and Society: Death rate
9.63 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)
People and Society: Dependency ratios: elderly dependency ratio
33.6 (2025 est.)
People and Society: Dependency ratios: potential support ratio
3 (2025 est.)
People and Society: Dependency ratios: total dependency ratio
60.9 (2025 est.)
People and Society: Dependency ratios: youth dependency ratio
27.3 (2025 est.)
People and Society: Drinking water source: improved: rural
rural: 99.6% of population (2022 est.)
People and Society: Drinking water source: improved: total
total: 99.7% of population (2022 est.)
People and Society: Drinking water source: improved: urban
urban: 99.8% of population (2022 est.)
People and Society: Drinking water source: unimproved: rural
rural: 0.4% of population (2022 est.)
People and Society: Drinking water source: unimproved: total
total: 0.3% of population (2022 est.)
People and Society: Drinking water source: unimproved: urban
urban: 0.2% of population (2022 est.)
People and Society: Education expenditure: Education expenditure (% GDP)
7.3% of GDP (2022 est.)
People and Society: Education expenditure: Education expenditure (% national budget)
15.3% national budget (2022 est.)
People and Society: Education expenditures
7.32% (2022 est.)
People and Society: Ethnic groups
Swedish 79.6%, Syrian 1.9%, Iraqi 1.4%, Finnish 1.3%, other 15.8% (2022 est.)
People and Society: Gross reproduction rate
0.8 (2025 est.)
People and Society: Health expenditure: Health expenditure (as % of GDP)
10.7% of GDP (2022)
People and Society: Health expenditure: Health expenditure (as % of national budget)
19% of national budget (2022 est.)
People and Society: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
0.10% (2022 est.)
People and Society: Hospital bed density
1.9 beds/1,000 population (2022 est.)
People and Society: Infant mortality rate: female
2 deaths/1,000 live births
People and Society: Infant mortality rate: male
2.5 deaths/1,000 live births
People and Society: Infant mortality rate: total
2.0 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)
People and Society: Languages: Languages
Swedish (official)
People and Society: Languages: major-language sample(s)
The World Factbook, den obestridliga källan för grundläggande information. (Swedish) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
People and Society: Life expectancy at birth: female
85.6 years (2024 est.)
People and Society: Life expectancy at birth: male
82.6 years (2024 est.)
People and Society: Major urban areas - population
1.700 million STOCKHOLM (capital) (2023)
People and Society: Maternal mortality ratio
4 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)
People and Society: Median age: female
42.1 years
People and Society: Median age: male
40.1 years
People and Society: Mother's mean age at first birth
29.7 years (2020 est.)
People and Society: Nationality: adjective
Swedish
People and Society: Net migration rate
4.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)
People and Society: Obesity - adult prevalence rate
20.6% (2016)
People and Society: Physician density
4.41 physicians/1,000 population (2021)
People and Society: Population
10,569,709 (2024 est.)
People and Society: Population distribution
most of the population lives in the south where the climate is milder and there is better connectivity to mainland Europe; population clusters are found along the Baltic coast in the east; the interior areas of the north remain sparsely populated
People and Society: Population growth rate
0.51% (2025 est.)
People and Society: Population: female
5,282,990
People and Society: Population: male
5,360,755
People and Society: Sanitation facility access: improved: rural
rural: 99.5% of population (2022 est.)
People and Society: Sanitation facility access: improved: total
total: 99.6% of population (2022 est.)
People and Society: Sanitation facility access: improved: urban
urban: 99.6% of population (2022 est.)
People and Society: Sanitation facility access: unimproved: rural
rural: 0.5% of population (2022 est.)
People and Society: Sanitation facility access: unimproved: total
total: 0.4% of population (2022 est.)
People and Society: Sanitation facility access: unimproved: urban
urban: 0.4% of population (2022 est.)
People and Society: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education): female
20 years (2023 est.)
People and Society: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education): male
17 years (2023 est.)
People and Society: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education): total
19 years (2023 est.)
People and Society: Sex ratio: 0-14 years
1.06 male(s)/female
People and Society: Sex ratio: 15-64 years
1.05 male(s)/female
People and Society: Sex ratio: 65 years and over
0.88 male(s)/female
People and Society: Sex ratio: at birth
1.06 male(s)/female
People and Society: Sex ratio: total population
1.01 male(s)/female (2024 est.)
People and Society: Tobacco use: female
13.9% (2025 est.)
People and Society: Tobacco use: male
25.8% (2025 est.)
People and Society: Tobacco use: total
19.9% (2025 est.)
People and Society: Total fertility rate
1.43 children born/woman (2024 est.)
People and Society: Urbanization: rate of urbanization
0.89% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
People and Society: Urbanization: urban population
88.86% (2024 est.)
Space: Key space-program milestones
1950s - space program initiated with the establishment of a space observatory and the Swedish Space Research Committee 1961 - launched first sounding rocket 1986 - first scientific satellite (Viking) launched on European rocket 1989 - first communications satellite (Tele-X) launched on European rocket 2006 - first astronaut into space on US Space Shuttle 2019 - established a space data lab for artificial intelligence-based analysis of imagery data 2024 - signed US-led Artemis Accords for space and lunar exploration; launched first military communications satellite (GNA-3); adopted its first defense and security space strategy
Space: Space agency/agencies
Swedish National Space Agency (SNSA; established 1972; known until 2018 as the Swedish National Space Board) (2025)
Space: Space launch site(s)
Esrange Space Center (Kiruna) (2025)
Space: Space program overview
aims to have one of Europe's leading space programs; produces and operates satellites; builds and launches sounding rockets; involved in the research, development, production, and operations of a variety of other space-related areas, including astronomy, atmospheric monitoring, geographic information systems, infrared imaging, meteorology, propulsion systems, remote sensing, satellite subsystems, spacecraft systems and structures, research, and telecommunications; member of the ESA and program is integrated into its framework; works extensively with foreign space agencies, in particular through the ESA and EU and their member states, as well as with the US; participates in programs such as Europe's Copernicus Earth observation and the Galileo global navigation satellite system, France's Pleiades project, and the Square Kilometer Array Project; has a large commercial space industry, including state-owned enterprises (2025)
Terrorism: Terrorist group(s)
Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)
Transnational Issues: Refugees and internally displaced persons: refugees
168,519 (2024 est.)
Transnational Issues: Refugees and internally displaced persons: stateless persons
6,835 (2024 est.)
Transportation: Airports
206 (2025)
Transportation: Civil aircraft registration country code prefix
SE
Transportation: Heliports
11 (2025)
Transportation: Merchant marine: by type
general cargo 44, oil tanker 18, other 299
Transportation: Merchant marine: total
361 (2023)
Transportation: Ports: key ports
Falkenberg, Goteborg, Helsingborg, Karlsborg, Karlshamn, Lulea, Malmo, Norrkoping, Stockholm, Sundsvall, Uddevalla, Varberg, Vasteras
Transportation: Ports: large
3
Transportation: Ports: medium
10
Transportation: Ports: ports with oil terminals
49
Transportation: Ports: small
30
Transportation: Ports: total ports
92 (2024)
Transportation: Ports: very small
49
Transportation: Railways: narrow gauge
65 km
Transportation: Railways: total
10,910 km (2020) 8,184 km electrified
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