Population
10,610,483
Period: 2026-Q2
Registered population of Sweden.
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Employment rate
69.6%
Period: September 2026
Employed people as a share of the population aged 15–74.
Unemployment rate
8.7%
Period: September 2026
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force aged 15–74.
Tax-to-GDP ratio
40.5%
Period: 2025
Total taxes and social contributions as a share of GDP.
Central government debt
SEK 1,278.5bn
Period: September 2026
Swedish central government debt reported by the National Debt Office.
Reported assaults
92,535
Period: 2025
Assault offences reported to the police during the stated year.
PISA mathematics
464 points
Period: 2025
Sweden's mean mathematics score in the OECD PISA study.
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Sweden's population
Registered population at the end of the second quarter of 2026.
Source: SCB Befolkningsstatistik, 2026-Q2
- Population10 610 483
Registered population · 2026-Q2 - See the full analysis
Foreign-born and foreign background
On 31 December 2025, 20.8% of the population was foreign-born (2,210,638 of 10,605,529) and 27.7% had a foreign background — foreign-born or born in Sweden to two foreign-born parents (Statistics Sweden).
Source: SCB Befolkningsstatistik (UtlSvBakgFin), 2002–2025
20.8 %Foreign-born27.7 %Foreign background20022025Share of population on 31 December · foreign-born and foreign background, selected years 2002–2025 - See the full analysis
80.9 percent were employed
Employment rate for ages 20–66 in September 2026, seasonally adjusted and smoothed data.
Source: SCB AKU, september 2026
Employment rate, ages 20–66 · September 2026 · seasonally adjusted and smoothed - See the full analysis
PISA mathematics: 464 points
Sweden's mean result in the OECD PISA study 2025.
Source: Skolverket (OECD PISA), 2025
- Sweden464 points
Mean PISA mathematics score · 2025 - See the full analysis
Interpersonal trust: 57 percent
Share answering 7–10 on a 0–10 scale on whether people in general can be trusted: 57% in 2025 (62% in 1996).
Source: SOM Institute, Swedish Democracy Trends 1986–2025, table 18
Share with high trust in other people (2025) - See the full analysis
Detonations: annual series and the first half of 2026
The Police 2024 annual file (revised 3 March 2026) gives 139; the January 2026 press release and table 4.20/figure 5 of the annual report give 136, which the series uses. The Police's initial 2025 annual statistics stated 189. The 2025 annual report later published the revised full-year figure of 190. The value 194 covers February 2025–January 2026 and is not calendar year 2025. Separately: 69 in January–June 2026 vs 108 in the same period of 2025.
Source: Swedish Police Authority · Annual report 2025 · A196.151/2025 · published 2026-02-20
2018: 902025: 190Completed detonations per full year 2018–2025 (Police; 2025 revised in the annual report)
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The Tidö Agreement 2022–2026
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