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IndicatorSWESwedenEurope & Central Asia
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.96rank #2
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile87.7rank #6
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.82rank #5
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.8rank #6
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.95rank #9
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile85.8rank #10
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.96rank #2
Military spending% GDP2%rank #58
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.64rank #7
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile76.2rank #63
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile81.2rank #11
Rule of Law0-100 percentile86.7rank #7
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.99rank #5
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.89rank #3
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.85rank #2
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile87.1rank #4
Women in parliament% seats45%rank #14
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.92rank #14
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment1.8%rank #159
Agriculture value added% GDP1.5%rank #136
Annual working hours per workerhours1,431.5rank #125
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker475,920.5rank #22
Current account balance% GDP6.1%rank #11
Employment-to-population ratio%58.8%rank #78
FDI net inflows% GDP2.9%rank #31
GDPcurrent US$669Brank #25
GDP growth%1.5%rank #146
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$63,133.2rank #13
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $63,362.5rank #19
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $66,102.1rank #15
Government expenditure% GDP32.5%rank #40
Gross capital formation% GDP25.5%rank #46
Gross savings% GDP30.6%rank #11
High-technology exports% manuf. exports17.7%rank #35
Human capital indexindex3.4rank #25
Industry value added% GDP21%rank #108
Inflation%0.68%rank #26
Labour force participation rate%64.3%rank #67
Personal remittances received% GDP0.78%rank #65
R&D expenditure% GDP3.6%rank #4
Researchers in R&Dper million8,910.7rank #3
Tax revenue% GDP27.2%rank #8
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)0.85rank #22
Trade openness% GDP104.3%rank #40
Unemployment% labor force8.7%rank #138
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%8.5%rank #135
Vulnerable employment% employment6.9%rank #19
Youth unemployment% ages 15-2424.3%rank #148
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-2423.1%rank #148
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop99.8%rank #29
Basic sanitation access% pop98.7%rank #46
Child mortalityper 1000.24rank #5
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal3,366.8rank #41
DTP3 immunization coverage%96%rank #4
Health spending% GDP11.2%rank #5
Infant mortalityper 1k births2rank #5
Life expectancyyears84.1rank #9
Maternal mortalityper 100k4rank #4
Measles immunization% children93%rank #7
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%93%rank #7
Physiciansper 1k4.4rank #17
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m35.3rank #16
Road traffic deathsper 100k3.1rank #8
Smoking prevalence% adults20.3%rank #69
Suicide mortality rateper 100k13.8rank #143
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k3.3rank #19
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births2.4rank #8
Undernourishment% pop2.5%rank #1
Education
Education spending% GDP7.3%rank #10
Expected years of schoolingyears19rank #9
Mean years of schoolingyears12.7rank #24
Primary completion rate% relevant age99.8%rank #27
Primary enrollment% gross114.9%rank #13
Secondary enrollment% gross132%rank #3
Tertiary enrollment% gross84%rank #13
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,0009.3rank #161
Fertility ratebirths/woman1.4rank #162
Median age of populationyears39.9rank #46
Net migration rateper 1,0005.2rank #35
Populationpeople10.6Mrank #92
Population growth%0.25%rank #157
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years86.8rank #18
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands11,309.6rank #93
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age60.7rank #71
Urban population%89.1%rank #24
Climate
CO₂ emissionst38.1Mrank #64
CO₂ per capitat3.6rank #94
Electricity access% pop100%rank #1
Electricity from coal% generation0%rank #1
Electricity from hydro% generation40.1%rank #18
Electricity from solar% generation2.6%rank #65
Electricity from wind% generation22.8%rank #11
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita12,226.3rank #6
Forest area% land68.7%rank #18
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita5.1rank #100
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh35.4rank #5
Renewable electricity%71.2%rank #21
Renewable energy share%57.9%rank #37
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e53.6rank #105
Society
Asylum seekerspeople195rank #38
Extreme poverty% pop0.8%rank #9
Female labor participation%61.5%rank #42
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 10040.6rank #21
Gender Development Indexratio0.99rank #36
Gender Inequality Index0-10.01rank #3
Gini indexindex29.3rank #10
Homicide rateper 100k1.1rank #32
Human Development Index0-10.96rank #4
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.89rank #7
Internet users% pop95.8%rank #4
Life satisfaction0-107.3rank #5
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.81rank #3
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #113
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #62
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #51
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #41
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people144,116rank #42
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people128rank #34
Youth NEET rate%5.6%rank #8
Risk
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0rank #1
Hazard & exposure0-102rank #15
Human hazard & exposure0-101.3rank #14
INFORM risk score0-101.9rank #8
Lack of coping capacity0-101.4rank #6
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-100.8rank #5
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-101.9rank #6
Natural hazard & exposure0-102.6rank #13
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year5rank #5
Socio-economic vulnerability0-100.2rank #3
Vulnerability0-102.6rank #15
Vulnerable groups0-104.4rank #39
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