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Sweden: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1722–2025 · 304 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
31.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.2 pointsfrom 31.4%
Average, 2016–2025
30.9%10 years
Record high and low
39.5% (1995)low 4.25% (1734)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202531.6
202431.4
202330.7
202231.4
202131.8
202033.2
201929.4
201830.0
201729.8
201629.9

Sources

  • Schön & Krantz1722–2011
  • Cox & Dincecco1750–1913
  • GPIH government budgets1850–1974
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
  • Mitchell1881–1993
  • World Development Indicators1972–2022
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1990–2024
  • Eurostat1995–2025

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Sweden documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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