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USD 551.1 billion (2018, estimate)
Intl$ 542.0 billion (2018, estimate)
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* |
2.6% | 4.5% | 2.7% | 2.1% | 2.3% |
*Estimate
USD 53,873.4 (2018, estimate)
(2018 estimate)
3.3% (2017)
OECD, data retrieved October 2019
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
0.4% | 0.2% | 1.9% | 2% | 1.7% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
7.4% | 7.0% | 6.7% | 6.3% | 6.5% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
43.7% | 42.1% | 40.4% | 38.5% | 36.9% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
0.2% | 1.1% | 1.5% | 0.9% | 0.4% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: AAA
Moody's: Aaa
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated January 2017)
Nordea Bank, Volvo Group, SEB AB, Svenska Handelsbanken, Swedbank, H&M - Hennes & Mauritz, Telia, Atlas Copco, Ericsson, Essity Ab, Sandvik, Investor AB, Skanska, Assa Abloy, SKF Group, Hexagon, Electrolux Group, Boliden, ICA Gruppen, Epiroc, Fastighets Balder, Industrivarden, Alfa Laval, Autoliv, Lundbergs, Securitas
1.7% (2018 estimate)
47% (2018)
0.85% (2018)
1.26% (2018)
Machinery (26%), motor vehicles, paper products, pulp and wood, iron and steel products, chemicals (2016 est.)
Machinery, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, motor vehicles, iron and steel; foodstuffs, clothing
Germany 11%, Norway 10.2%, Finland 6.9%, US 6.9%, Denmark 6.9%, UK 6.2%, Netherlands 5.5%, China 4.5%, Belgium 4.4%, France 4.2% (2017)
Germany 18.7%, Netherlands 8.9%, Norway 7.7%, Denmark 7.2%, China 5.5%, UK 5.1%, Finland 4.7%, Belgium 4.7% (2017)
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 17,355 million | USD 12,165 million | USD 11,148 million |
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 3,234 million | USD 22,764 million | USD 20,028 million |
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 1,566 million | USD 9,685 million | USD to -941 million | USD 7,445 million |
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Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking: 10 out of 190 countries (2019)
Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 39 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 31 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 10 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 9 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 80 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 28 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 31 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 18 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 39 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 17 out of 190 countries
8 out of 141 countries
(2019)
Ranking: 19 / Score: 75.2 (Mostly free) (2019)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Swedish (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
Lutheran 87%, other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist) 13%
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2016* | 2021* |
8.591 million | 8.883 million | 9.416 million | 10.027 million | 10.613 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2015 |
73% | 83% | 84% | 86% |
Political Rights: 1
Civil Liberties: 1 (2017)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed 36.67% Mobile 130.38% (2015)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)