International Rankings of Sweden 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Sweden, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Sweden, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	18	39.95	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	37	4.039 million	0
Internet users - percent of population	23	92.14 %	2018
Internet users - total	57	9.252 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	89	17.32	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	61	1.751 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	61	127.57	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	74	12.896 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	18	264.400 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	15	271.200 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	21	1.3 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	32	67.6	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	8	82	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	24	93.1	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	3	98	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	27	531.350 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	70	45.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	23	26 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	165	44.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	78	41.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	47	24.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	47	0.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	135	1.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	48	33 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	73	65.4 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	89	24 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2012
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	17	3.4 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	49	4.1 %	2017
Labor force	78	5.029 million US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	131	2 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	102	12 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	7	86 %	2014
Population below poverty line	104	17.1	2018
Public debt	38	40.8 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	39	547.595 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	17	53240 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	16	50.6 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	59	52.310 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	55	14570	2017
Crude oil - imports	24	400200	2017
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	28	133.500 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	7	26.020 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	76	5	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	32	42	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	5	22	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	11	32	2017
Electricity - imports	17	14.290 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	27	40.290 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	28	152.900 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	91	764.500 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	64	764.500 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	43	323100	2017
Refined petroleum products - exports	24	371100 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - imports	30	229600 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - production	37	413200 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	58	43.25 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	129	4.42 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	182	5.89 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	172	7.5	2018
Land use - arable land	113	6.4	2018
Land use - forest	13	68.7	2018
Land use - other	101	23.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	151	1.1	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	76	0.21 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	45	174.000 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	133	75.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	45	1.345 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	48	955.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	116	0.89	2025
Urbanization - urban population	23	88.2	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	53	4.377 million tons	2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	30	1.417 million tons	2015
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	18	32.4 %	2015
Geography
Area - land	60	410335 sq km	0
Area - total	58	450295 sq km	0
Area - water	15	3.996 million sq km	0
Coastline	38	3218 km	0
Elevation - highest point	90	2100 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	36	2.4 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	103	320 meters	0
Irrigated land	80	1640 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	82	2211 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	172	7.5	2018
Land use - arable land	113	6.4	2018
Land use - forest	13	68.7	2018
Land use - other	101	23.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	151	1.1	2018
Total renewable water resources	45	174.000 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	172	10.8 %	2492
Age structure - 25-54 years	122	39.01 %	2617
Age structure - 55-64 years	68	11.9 %	3795
Birth rate	148	11.93 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	28	70.3 %	2017
Current Health Expenditure	12	10.9 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	45	9.39 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	11	32.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	114	3.1 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	57	61.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	122	28.4 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	107	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	99	0 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	8	7.6 % of GDP	2017
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	36	0.2	2016
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	72	11000	2016
Hospital bed density	47	2.2 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	202	2.13 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	205	2.76 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	203	2.45 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	21	84.7 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	13	80.61 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	16	82.6 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	111	4	2017
Median age - female	37	42.1 years	2020
Median age - male	30	40.1 years	0
Median age - total	32	41.1 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	12	29.5	2019
Net migration rate	20	4.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	74	20.6 %	2016
Physicians density	23	3.98 physicians/1,000 population	2016
Population	89	10.262 million	2021
Population growth rate	104	0.74 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	0 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	113	0 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	107	0 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	1	21 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	2	19 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	2	20 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	17	1.07	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	22	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	21	1.01	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	24	0.87 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	17	1 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	98	1.86 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	66	19.7	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	47	20.5	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	57	20.1	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	116	0.89	2025
Urbanization - urban population	23	88.2	2021
Transportation
Airports	25	231	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	11	75	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	27	12	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	25	22	2013
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	24	3	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	14	149	2013
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	9	37	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	53	5	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	36	82	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	24	77	2013
Heliports	24	2	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	136	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	156	N/A	2021
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	19	316	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	17	11	2020
Railways - total	19	14127 km	2016
Roadways - paved	20	140100 km	2016
Roadways - total	12	573134 km	2050
Waterways	38	2052 km	2010

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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