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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 old84.1years
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 old2.4per 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 old4per 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 old11.22% 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 old1.43births 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 old114.9% 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 old7.32% 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 old63,133current 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 old72,529international $
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 old0.8% 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 old29.3index, 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 old8.7% 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 old0.7% 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 old2.00% 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 old100.0% 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 old99.8% 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 old95.8% 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 old3.57t 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 old10.6mpeople
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.