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Sweden: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1722–2025 · 304 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
49.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.7 pointsfrom 50.5%
Average, 2016–2025
50.5%10 years
Record high and low
68.1% (1993)low 4.25% (1734)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203149.3Forecast
203049.3Forecast
202949.3Forecast
202850.0Forecast
202749.9Forecast
202650.6Forecast
202549.7
202450.5
202350.0
202249.5
202150.6
202053.1
201949.8
201850.8
201750.3
201650.7

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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