Medium and high-tech manufacturing in Sweden
Medium and high-tech industries produced 56.2% of manufacturing value added in Sweden in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Sweden, 2024
56.2%
Change from 2023
+0.5percentage points
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024
41.8%
Position in 2024
8th of 152
Medium and high-tech manufacturing in Sweden over time
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% of manufacturing value added. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Sweden |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 56.2% |
| 2023 | 55.6% |
| 2022 | 49.9% |
| 2021 | 49.1% |
| 2020 | 50.3% |
| 2019 | 51.9% |
| 2018 | 51.6% |
| 2017 | 51.1% |
| 2016 | 50.9% |
| 2015 | 51.6% |
| 2014 | 44.6% |
| 2013 | 53.2% |
| 2012 | 52.5% |
| 2011 | 45.9% |
| 2010 | 43.0% |
| 2009 | 39.0% |
| 2008 | 44.3% |
| 2007 | 52.2% |
| 2006 | 52.9% |
| 2005 | 52.9% |
| 2004 | 52.2% |
| 2003 | 50.2% |
| 2002 | 46.9% |
| 2001 | 46.7% |
| 2000 | 49.7% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 55.6% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 44.6%, the figure has changed by +11.5 percentage points.
- Among the 152 countries with data for 2024, Sweden has the 8th highest value.
More for Sweden
All statistics for Sweden
Manufacturing share of GDP
12.5%
2025 · World Bank
High-technology exports
17.7%
2024 · World Bank
Industrial production
107.0 (2021 = 100)
2025 · Eurostat
Enterprise birth rate
9.0%
2024 · Eurostat
Monthly industrial production
-2.4%p (Provisional)
September 2026 · Eurostat
Industry share of GDP
21.0%
2025 · World Bank