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Sweden: General government revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govrev_GDP

2025
48.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.3 pointsfrom 48.8%
Average, 2016–2025
50.2%10 years
Record high and low
59.5% (1989)low 4.50% (1923)

General government revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203149.0Forecast
203049.1Forecast
202949.1Forecast
202849.1Forecast
202748.4Forecast
202649.0Forecast
202548.5
202448.8
202349.1
202250.4
202150.2
202049.9
201950.3
201851.5
201751.6
201651.4

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1800–2023
  • GPIH government budgets1880–1975
  • OECD Economic Outlook1960–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1990–2024
  • AMECO (European Commission)1993–2025
  • Eurostat1995–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031
  • AMECO (forecast)2025–2027
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027

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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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