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GDP growth in Sweden

Is that economy growing or stalling?

Sweden's gdp growth is 1.54 % — #91 of 127 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2025.

1.54%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

GDP growth in Sweden over time

5.75 %0.75 %-4.26 %5.75 % · 2010-4.26 % · 20092000: 4.63 %2001: 1.36 %2002: 2.28 %2003: 1.88 %2004: 4.18 %2005: 2.79 %2006: 4.68 %2007: 3.22 %2008: -0.92 %2009: -4.26 %2010: 5.75 %2011: 3.16 %2012: -0.41 %2013: 1.14 %2014: 2.30 %2015: 4.39 %2016: 2.13 %2017: 1.88 %2018: 1.77 %2019: 2.61 %2020: -1.93 %2021: 5.23 %2022: 1.26 %2023: -0.20 %2024: 1.02 %2025: 1.54 %2000201220251.54 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#91 of 127
higher is better
Ranked behind
28 %
36 of 127 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.53 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
4.21 pp
peak 5.75 % in 2010
Full series
▼ 3.09 pp
since 2000

In Europe: #22 of 39vs median 2.90 %: −1.36 pp (worse)

Among 127 countries

4 of 127 countries between -2.71 % and -2.14 %2 of 127 countries between -2.14 % and -1.56 %1 of 127 countries between -1.56 % and -0.99 %3 of 127 countries between -0.99 % and -0.41 %12 of 127 countries between 0.16 % and 0.74 %11 of 127 countries between 0.74 % and 1.31 %12 of 127 countries between 1.31 % and 1.89 %9 of 127 countries between 1.89 % and 2.47 %14 of 127 countries between 2.47 % and 3.04 %13 of 127 countries between 3.04 % and 3.62 %11 of 127 countries between 3.62 % and 4.19 %10 of 127 countries between 4.19 % and 4.77 %6 of 127 countries between 4.77 % and 5.34 %3 of 127 countries between 5.34 % and 5.92 %1 of 127 countries between 5.92 % and 6.49 %2 of 127 countries between 6.49 % and 7.07 %3 of 127 countries between 7.07 % and 7.64 %2 of 127 countries between 7.64 % and 8.22 %2 of 127 countries between 8.22 % and 8.79 %2 of 127 countries between 9.37 % and 9.95 %4 of 127 countries between 10.52 % and 11.10 %median 2.90 %Sweden: ahead of 28 % of the 127 countries with a published gdp growthSweden 1.54 %-2.71 %11.10 %
Half of all 127 countries sit between 1.30 % and 4.37 %. Sweden is ahead of 28 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGDP growthvs Sweden
89 Canada1.74 %+0.20 pp
90 Namibia1.73 %+0.19 pp
91 Sweden1.54 %—
92 Azerbaijan1.45 %−0.09 pp
93 United Kingdom1.39 %−0.15 pp

Annual real GDP growth (World Bank).

How to read this figure

Annual growth of real GDP (World Bank) — the size of the economy adjusted for inflation. Population growth matters: a country can grow 2 % while its GDP per person stands still.

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