Government spending in Sweden
Government spending in Sweden was equal to 49.3% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1995.
Sweden, 2025
49.3%
Change from 2024
−0.7percentage points
European Union, 2025
49.4%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
47.3%
Position in 2025
10th of 30
Government spending in Sweden over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of GDP. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Sweden | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49.3% | 49.4% |
| 2024 | 50.0% | 48.9% |
| 2023 | 50.2% | 48.8% |
| 2022 | 49.4% | 49.1% |
| 2021 | 50.4% | 51.1% |
| 2020 | 53.3% | 52.8% |
| 2019 | 49.8% | 46.6% |
| 2018 | 50.9% | 46.6% |
| 2017 | 50.3% | 46.9% |
| 2016 | 50.6% | 47.5% |
| 2015 | 50.5% | 48.3% |
| 2014 | 51.9% | 49.3% |
| 2013 | 52.5% | 50.0% |
| 2012 | 51.4% | 50.0% |
| 2011 | 50.2% | 49.3% |
| 2010 | 50.9% | 50.7% |
| 2009 | 52.8% | 50.9% |
| 2008 | 50.5% | 47.0% |
| 2007 | 49.5% | 45.8% |
| 2006 | 51.2% | 46.6% |
| 2005 | 52.3% | 47.2% |
| 2004 | 52.7% | 47.4% |
| 2003 | 54.0% | 48.1% |
| 2002 | 53.7% | 47.8% |
| 2001 | 52.6% | 47.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.7 percentage points from 50.0% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 50.5%, the figure has changed by −1.2 percentage points.
- Among the 30 countries with data for 2025, Sweden has the 10th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 49.4%.