Sweden Government Expense

Sweden government expense data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 32.51 percent of.
COUNTRY: Sweden
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-06-07 11:21:52
Economy Data Rating
Sweden · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
A
82 / 100
Strong stability
Fiscal stability 22.5 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 15.8 / 20
External stability 12 / 15
Financial robustness 12.6 / 15
Structural stability 8.2 / 10
Future capacity 9.7 / 10
Demographic capacity 2.4 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 80% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1972–2022 19722022
1972 2022
Selected year: 2022 · Value: n/a 2022

Sweden · government expense as a percentage of gdp.

1972–2022
32.51 percent of GDP
33.2 percent of GDP
32.75 percent of GDP
34 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1972 1982 1992 2002 2012 2022
government expense rate reference line

Countries by government expense

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Ukraine 65.56
Greece 47.3
Italy 47.28
France 47.26
Austria 46.03
Finland 44.93
Slovenia 42.87
Hungary 42.42

Interpretation

short note

This public finance indicator helps assess fiscal capacity, budget pressure and the role of government.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
France 47.26
Germany 31.17
Italy 47.28

Related indicators

internal links
Government Revenue GC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Fiscal Balance GC.BAL.CASH.GD.ZS
Tax Revenue GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS

Cache: live · Updated: 2026-06-07 11:21:52

Sweden Snapshot

country profile
Population 10.57 m
GDP 669 bn
Debt/GDP n/a
Inflation 0.68%
Unemployment 8.69%
Currency n/a
Region Europe
Income group High income

Sweden Government Expense: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Government Expense for Sweden. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: sweden government expense rate, government expense data sweden, sweden government expense statistics, sweden percent of gdp, government expense as a percentage of gdp..