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Sweden is an EU member state with a population of 10.6M, a GDP of €594B (2025) and a per-capita output of €55.6k, a median age of 41.2 years. Member of the European Union since 1995.

405 Eurostat indicators across 15 topics, with full year-by-year history.

Population

10.6M

2025 · rank 11/27

GDP (current prices)

€594B

2025 · rank 9/27

GDP per capita

€55.6k

2025 · rank 6/27

Median age

41.2yrs

2025 · rank 23/27

Country at a glance

Sweden is a northern europe member of the European Union, with its capital in Stockholm. The country joined the European Communities in 1995 in the EFTA-route enlargement (alongside Austria, Finland and Sweden). Economically, Sweden is a Nordic high-tech economy (Ericsson, Spotify, IKEA legacy), with a krona that floats outside the euro area following the 2003 referendum result. The country retains the SEK, with eurozone entry foreseen once the convergence criteria are met, and it is part of the Schengen area for cross-border movement. Swedish is the official language. On Eurostat's headline indicators, Sweden is currently 11th-most populous of the 27 member states with data on record; 9th by GDP at current prices.

Key insights

How Sweden stands out across the EU-27 on flagship indicators — auto-generated from the latest Eurostat snapshot.

  • Life expectancy 83.8 years — top 2 in EU (EU avg 81.5)
  • Female employment 74.9% — top 3 in EU
  • 62.8% of energy from renewables — top 1 in EU (EU avg 25.2%)
  • R&D expenditure 3.6% of GDP — above the EU 3% target (EU avg 2.2%)

Sweden vs EU-27

Flagship indicators alongside the EU-27 average and Sweden's rank across covered member states.

IndicatorSEEU-27 avgΔRankYear
Gross domestic product (GDP) and main components per capita - annual data€55,620€41,620+34%6/272025
Gross domestic product (GDP) and main components (output, expenditure and income) - annual data€593,697M€18,810,682M-97%9/272025
Unemployment by sex and age - annual data8.8%6.0%+47%4/272025
Employment rates by citizenship74.9%66.6%+12%3/272025
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex15.6%16.3%-4%14/272025
Life expectancy by age and sex83.881.5+3%2/272024
Population structure indicators at national level41.244.9-8%23/272025
Fertility indicators1.431.34+7%10/272024
Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data35.1%81.7%-57%22/272025
Share of energy from renewable sources62.8%25.2%+149%1/272024
Population in private households by educational attainment level50.8%36.9%+38%4/272025
GERD by sector of performance3.6%2.2%+59%1/272024

Indicators by topic

Every Eurostat indicator we hold for Sweden, grouped by theme. Click through to the indicator profile for the cross-country timeline.

Economy & national accounts

35 indicators

Public finance & taxation

13 indicators

Labour & employment

43 indicators

Demography & population

48 indicators

Income, poverty & living conditions

123 indicators

Migration & asylum

26 indicators

Education

3 indicators

Health

25 indicators

Justice & crime

7 indicators

Environment & climate

15 indicators

Energy

11 indicators

Digital society & ICT

26 indicators

Science, R&D, patents

8 indicators

Transport

3 indicators

Tourism

19 indicators

More data on Sweden

This profile covers Eurostat statistical indicators. The pages below extend the picture into other strands of EU public data — parliamentary representation, public procurement, EU-funded research, cohesion-fund spending, regional statistics.

Sources & methodology

Data on this page comes from Eurostat (405 indicators), fetched from the official dissemination API. Each indicator card links to the cross-country profile with the full year-by-year timeline. See methodology for caveats, revision policy and ranking definitions, or sources for the complete dataset list.

Last refreshed: 2026-05-18 · Source: Eurostat dissemination API