General government final consumption expenditure in Sweden
Sweden: General government final consumption expenditure was 0.7% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
General government final consumption expenditure in Sweden, 1961–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in annual % growth.
Analysis
The most recent figure for general government final consumption expenditure in Sweden is 0.7%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 36.9% on the previous year and down 66.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, general government final consumption expenditure in Sweden peaked at 9.5% in 1963 and was at its lowest, -1.6%, in 2020.
Sweden ranks 127th of 173 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
General government final consumption expenditure in Sweden, year by year
| Year | annual % growth | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3.4% | — |
| 1962 | 6.3% | +85.3% |
| 1963 | 9.5% | +50.8% |
| 1964 | 3.0% | -68.4% |
| 1965 | 4.8% | +60.0% |
| 1966 | 5.5% | +14.6% |
| 1967 | 4.7% | -14.5% |
| 1968 | 6.8% | +44.7% |
| 1969 | 5.2% | -23.5% |
| 1970 | 8.1% | +55.8% |
| 1971 | 2.2% | -72.8% |
| 1972 | 2.4% | +9.1% |
| 1973 | 2.6% | +8.3% |
| 1974 | 3.1% | +19.2% |
| 1975 | 4.7% | +51.6% |
| 1976 | 3.5% | -25.5% |
| 1977 | 3.0% | -14.3% |
| 1978 | 3.3% | +10.0% |
| 1979 | 4.7% | +42.4% |
| 1980 | 2.2% | -53.2% |
| 1981 | 2.1% | -5.2% |
| 1982 | 0.7% | -67.2% |
| 1983 | 0.5% | -30.3% |
| 1984 | 2.0% | +327.8% |
| 1985 | 1.6% | -21.0% |
| 1986 | 1.7% | +4.3% |
| 1987 | 1.2% | -28.1% |
| 1988 | 0.9% | -27.0% |
| 1989 | 2.5% | +181.1% |
| 1990 | 2.7% | +10.5% |
| 1991 | 4.2% | +52.6% |
| 1992 | 2.3% | -44.4% |
| 1993 | 0.2% | -91.5% |
| 1994 | -0.8% | -488.0% |
| 1995 | 0.6% | -181.9% |
| 1996 | -0.2% | -131.6% |
| 1997 | -0.4% | +110.4% |
| 1998 | 3.6% | -954.4% |
| 1999 | 1.7% | -52.2% |
| 2000 | -1.2% | -167.7% |
| 2001 | 0.1% | -105.5% |
| 2002 | 2.2% | +3373.9% |
| 2003 | 0.4% | -82.7% |
| 2004 | -0.5% | -244.6% |
| 2005 | 0.3% | -161.7% |
| 2006 | 1.6% | +359.5% |
| 2007 | 0.6% | -60.8% |
| 2008 | 1.1% | +79.9% |
| 2009 | 2.4% | +121.1% |
| 2010 | 1.4% | -42.7% |
| 2011 | 0.8% | -44.7% |
| 2012 | 1.0% | +31.6% |
| 2013 | 1.8% | +80.3% |
| 2014 | 1.1% | -38.0% |
| 2015 | 2.2% | +94.7% |
| 2016 | 3.7% | +68.5% |
| 2017 | 0.2% | -94.3% |
| 2018 | 0.7% | +246.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0% | -99.4% |
| 2020 | -1.6% | -33650.7% |
| 2021 | 3.4% | -320.1% |
| 2022 | 0.7% | -80.2% |
| 2023 | 1.0% | +50.5% |
| 2024 | 1.2% | +14.8% |
| 2025 | 0.7% | -36.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.5% | 3.0% | 9.5% | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.8% | 2.2% | 8.1% | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.5% | 0.5% | 2.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.4% | -0.8% | 4.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7% | -1.2% | 2.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.3% | 0.0% | 3.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | -1.6% | 3.4% | 6 |
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- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.12 Percent per annum (2029)
- Manufacturing, value added (constant LCU), per capita 67,555 constant LCU per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), annual 7.46 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 0.2103 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 13,279 current US$ per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), annual -0.133 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), per 2.07 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), per 130,407 current LCU per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) 0.0987 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is general government final consumption expenditure in Sweden?
- General government final consumption expenditure in Sweden was 0.7% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks.
- What is the highest general government final consumption expenditure recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 9.5% in 1963.
- What is the lowest general government final consumption expenditure recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.6% in 2020.
- How does Sweden rank for general government final consumption expenditure?
- Sweden ranks 127th out of 173 countries with data for 2025.
- Is general government final consumption expenditure rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 66.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sweden data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as part of General government final consumption expenditure (annual % growth). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Final consumption expenditure is expenditure on goods and services by resident institutional units for the direct satisfaction of human needs or wants, whether individual or collective. General government FCE includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees), and most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.