Manufacturing, value added in Sweden
Sweden: Manufacturing, value added was 12.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Manufacturing, value added in Sweden, 1980–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 12.5% for manufacturing, value added in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 46 years on record.
The figure is down 4.7% on the previous year and down 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufacturing, value added in Sweden peaked at 21.1% in 1985 and was at its lowest, 12.5%, in 2025.
Sweden ranks 75th of 203 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 46 years of available data.
Manufacturing, value added in Sweden, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 20.7% | — |
| 1981 | 19.7% | -4.9% |
| 1982 | 19.7% | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 20.1% | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 21.0% | +4.6% |
| 1985 | 21.1% | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 20.8% | -1.3% |
| 1987 | 20.6% | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 20.3% | -1.4% |
| 1989 | 19.7% | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 18.2% | -7.4% |
| 1991 | 16.6% | -9.2% |
| 1992 | 15.7% | -4.9% |
| 1993 | 16.1% | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 17.5% | +8.9% |
| 1995 | 19.5% | +11.5% |
| 1996 | 19.1% | -2.3% |
| 1997 | 19.3% | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 19.6% | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 19.4% | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 19.9% | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 19.0% | -4.5% |
| 2002 | 18.6% | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 17.9% | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 17.2% | -4.0% |
| 2005 | 16.9% | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 16.8% | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 16.9% | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 15.6% | -7.8% |
| 2009 | 13.8% | -11.4% |
| 2010 | 14.9% | +8.3% |
| 2011 | 14.8% | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 14.1% | -4.7% |
| 2013 | 13.4% | -5.1% |
| 2014 | 13.0% | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 13.8% | +5.5% |
| 2016 | 13.5% | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 13.3% | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 13.4% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 13.2% | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 12.7% | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 12.9% | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 13.7% | +6.1% |
| 2023 | 13.4% | -2.1% |
| 2024 | 13.1% | -2.4% |
| 2025 | 12.5% | -4.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 20.3% | 19.7% | 21.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 18.1% | 15.7% | 19.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 17.2% | 13.8% | 19.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.7% | 13.0% | 14.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.0% | 12.5% | 13.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
- 72 El Salvador 12.7% compare
- 73 Nicaragua 12.6% compare
- 74 Kosovo 12.5% compare
- 76 Côte d'Ivoire 12.3% compare
- 77 Dominican Republic 12.3% compare
- 78 South Africa 12.3% compare
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- Services, value added (current US$), annual growth rate 11.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.6703 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per capita 42,317 current US$ per person (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU), annual growth rate 3.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU), per unit of GDP 6.58 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU), per capita 415,580 current LCU per person (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 2.04 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.5856 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is manufacturing, value added in Sweden?
- Manufacturing, value added in Sweden was 12.5% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest manufacturing, value added recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 21.1% in 1985.
- What is the lowest manufacturing, value added recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.5% in 2025.
- How does Sweden rank for manufacturing, value added?
- Sweden ranks 75th out of 203 countries with data for 2025.
- Is manufacturing, value added rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sweden data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Manufacturing includes industries classified in ISIC (Rev. 3) major division C and is defined as the physical or chemical transformation of materials or components into new products. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.