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Sweden

Europe & Central Asia · High income · capital Stockholm

Reports 19 of 21 indicators tracked here.

Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.

Health

Life expectancy

2024 · 2 years old

84.1years

Ranks 9 of 217 in 2024

13% above world median · 5% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Under-5 mortality

2024 · 2 years old

2.4per 1,000 live births

Ranks 6 of 196 in 2024

84% below world median · 38% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Maternal mortality

2023 · 3 years old

4per 100,000 live births

Ranks 14 of 194 in 2023

91% below world median · 33% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Health spending

2024 · 2 years old

11.22% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

16% above world median

Medians computed across 22 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Fertility rate

2024 · 2 years old

1.43births per woman

Not ranked — no better end

25% below world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education

Primary enrolment

2024 · 2 years old

114.9% gross

Ranks 13 of 134 in 2024

16% above world median · 15% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 134 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education spending

2022 · 4 years old

7.32% of GDP

Ranks 10 of 164 in 2022

80% above world median · 63% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 164 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure

Economy

GDP per capita

2025 · 1 year old

63,133current US$

Ranks 13 of 186 in 2025

7.0× above world median · 1.3× above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

GDP per capita (PPP)

2025 · 1 year old

72,529international $

Ranks 20 of 185 in 2025

2.6× above world median · 42% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Extreme poverty

2023 · 3 years old

0.8% of population

Ranks 27 of 57 in 2023

11% below world median · 1.0× above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 57 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Income inequality (Gini)

2023 · 3 years old

29.3index, 0–100

Ranks 13 of 57 in 2023

14% below world median · 6% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 57 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Unemployment

2025 · 1 year old

8.7% of labour force

Ranks 139 of 182 in 2025

71% above world median · 56% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Inflation

2025 · 1 year old

0.7% per year

Not ranked — no better end

78% below world median

Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Military spending

2024 · 2 years old

2.00% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

26% above world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 147 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Infrastructure

Electricity access

2024 · 2 years old

100.0% of population

Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024

about the same world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Safe drinking water

2024 · 2 years old

99.8% of population

Ranks 18 of 148 in 2024

24% above world median · 3% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 148 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Internet use

2025 · 1 year old

95.8% of population

Ranks 4 of 10 in 2025

4% above world median · 3% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 10 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Environment

CO₂ per person

2024 · 2 years old

3.57t CO₂e per person

Not ranked — no better end

40% above world median

Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Society

Population

2025 · 1 year old

10.6mpeople

Not ranked — no better end

62% above world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Never reported

Sweden has no figure in this dataset for Child stunting, Adult literacy. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.