SWEDEN

Capital Stockholm
Area (km2) 449 964
Total population (thousands, 2023) 10 537
Population density (per km2) 23
National currency Swedish krona (SEK)
National statistical office www.scb.se
Statistics Sweden
Women in the labour force, 2023
   percentage of total for both sexes 47%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2021 10%
   hourly wage, 2023 11%
Women in part-time employment, 2023
   percentage of employed women 30%
Female tertiary students, 2022
   percentage of total for both sexes 61%
Female victims of homicide, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 21%
Women researchers, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 34%
Life expectancy at birth, 2023
   females, years 85.0
   males, years 81.7
Life expectancy at 65, 2023
   females, years 22.2
   males, years 19.8
Total fertility rate, 2023
   average number of children per woman 1.5
Adolescent fertility rate, 2023
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 1.8
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2023
   age in years 30.0
 
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
0.6
-1.3
1.3
3.5
1.2
-0.3
Unemployment rate
 (%)
6.9
8.5
8.9
7.5
7.7
..
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
20.1
23.9
24.7
21.7
22.1
..
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2023 730 043
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2023 68 876
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 54.6
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 50.2
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2023 48 981
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   SEK per USD, US=1, 2023 8.509
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 68
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
 305

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Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres, 2023 10 906
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2023 2 194
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2021 0
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2021 20
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2023 13 308
      million tonne-kilometres, 2023 21 953
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2011 109 198
      million tonne-kilometres, 2023 42 373