SE · 2018 · gov_10dd_edpt1

Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data

Sweden, 2018

Government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data
40.2%
Sweden, 2018
▼ 4.1% vs 2017 (41.9%)
Analysis

In 2018, Sweden's government deficit/surplus, debt and associated data decreased by 4.1% compared to 2017, reaching 40.2%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 79.5%.

Sweden ranks 19th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 2.4% (from 41.2% in 2013).

Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10dd_edpt1, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2018
#19 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2018
50.6%
EU-27: 79.5%
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