R&D spending share of GDP in Sweden
Spending on research and development in Sweden was equal to 3.52% of GDP in 2025.
The latest value carries the source flag “Provisional”.
Sweden, 2025
3.52%p (Provisional)
Change from 2024
−0.01percentage points
European Union, 2024
2.26%e (Estimated)
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
1.57%
R&D spending share of GDP in Sweden over time
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% of GDP. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Sweden | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.52%p (provisional) | – |
| 2024 | 3.53% | 2.26%e (estimated) |
| 2023 | 3.64% | 2.25%e (estimated) |
| 2022 | 3.50% | 2.22%e (estimated) |
| 2021 | 3.45% | 2.24%e (estimated) |
| 2020 | 3.51% | 2.28%e (estimated) |
| 2019 | 3.41% | 2.21%e (estimated) |
| 2018 | 3.36% | 2.17%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 3.40% | 2.14% |
| 2016 | 3.26%e (estimated) | 2.10%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 3.24% | 2.10% |
| 2014 | 3.12%e (estimated) | 2.09%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 3.28%e (estimated) | 2.08%e (estimated) |
| 2012 | 3.25%e (estimated) | 2.06%e (estimated) |
| 2011 | 3.21% | 2.00%e (estimated) |
| 2010 | 3.19%e (estimated) | 1.96%e (estimated) |
| 2009 | 3.41% | 1.96%e (estimated) |
| 2008 | 3.49%e (estimated) | 1.87%e (estimated) |
| 2007 | 3.24% | 1.79%e (estimated) |
| 2006 | 3.48%e (estimated) | 1.80%e (estimated) |
| 2005 | 3.36%b (break in time series) | 1.78%e (estimated) |
| 2004 | 3.37%e (estimated) | 1.79%e (estimated) |
| 2003 | 3.58%e (estimated) | 1.82%e (estimated) |
| 2002 | – | 1.83%e (estimated) |
| 2001 | 3.87%e (estimated) | 1.82%e (estimated) |
Flags: e estimated; b break in time series; p provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.01 percentage points from 3.53% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 3.24%, the figure has changed by +0.28 percentage points.
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European patent applications
446.2p (Provisional) per million people
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Scientific and technical journal articles
21,244 articles
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