Public budgets

Sweden: public budget

What Sweden's government raised and what it spent it on, from the figures its own budget laws or a statistics office publish. Solon places every figure on the same international classification, so it can be compared with any other place.

General government, 2013

Outturn: what came in and was spent

General government: central, state and local government and social security funds together, consolidated so that money passed between them is counted once, as Eurostat's government finance statistics (ESA 2010) count it.

Amounts in USD, converted from EUR at 2013's average rate (Eurostat).

Revenue: $296.91B · 50.8% of GDP
Spending: $306.77B · 52.5% of GDP
Surplus (+) or deficit (−): -$9.86B · -1.7% of GDP

What the money is spent on

Sweden, 2013: spending by function, as a share of all spending

Sweden, 2013: spending by function, as a share of all spending
Row	Value (%)	Note
Social protection	41.3	$126.68B
Education	13.6	$41.82B
Health	13.5	$41.49B
General public services	12.1	$37.13B
Economic affairs	9.3	$28.48B
Recreation, culture and religion	2.8	$8.61B
Defence	2.7	$8.4B
Public order and safety	2.6	$7.83B
Housing and community amenities	1.1	$3.48B
Environmental protection	0.9	$2.84B

Social protection$126.68B

Social protection, in detail, as a share of it

Social protection, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Old age	52.6	$66.66B
Sickness and disability	20.2	$25.57B
Family and children	12.1	$15.28B
Unemployment	7	$8.9B
Social exclusion n.e.c.	4.8	$6.06B
Survivors	1.7	$2.17B
Housing	1.5	$1.95B
Social protection n.e.c.	0.1	$72.78M
R&D Social protection	0	$11.55M

Education$41.82B

Education, in detail, as a share of it

Education, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Pre-primary and primary education	60.4	$25.24B
Secondary education	17.2	$7.17B
Tertiary education	16.9	$7.05B
Education not definable by level	3.7	$1.57B
Education n.e.c.	1.2	$509.59M
Subsidiary services to education	0.3	$131.75M
Post-secondary non-tertiary education	0.3	$131.35M
R&D Education	0	$20.32M

Health$41.49B

Health, in detail, as a share of it

Health, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Outpatient services	44	$18.24B
Hospital services	37.2	$15.45B
Medical products, appliances and equipment	10.4	$4.33B
Public health services	3.1	$1.28B
Health n.e.c.	2.6	$1.1B
R&D Health	2.6	$1.09B

General public services$37.13B

General public services, in detail, as a share of it

General public services, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Executive and legislative organs, financial and fiscal affairs, external affairs	31.4	$11.66B
Basic research	25.9	$9.62B
Public debt transactions	15	$5.56B
General services	14.1	$5.25B
Foreign economic aid	12.7	$4.7B
General public services n.e.c.	0.9	$347.83M
R&D General public services	0	$4.52M
Transfers of a general character between different levels of government	0	$0

Economic affairs$28.48B

Economic affairs, in detail, as a share of it

Economic affairs, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Transport	65.1	$18.53B
General economic, commercial and labour affairs	22.5	$6.42B
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting	3.5	$1.01B
Fuel and energy	3.2	$899.79M
Mining, manufacturing and construction	2.2	$629.12M
R&D Economic affairs	1.7	$481.97M
Other industries	0.9	$266.15M
Communication	0.7	$209.84M
Economic affairs n.e.c.	0.1	$36.66M

Recreation, culture and religion$8.61B

Recreation, culture and religion, in detail, as a share of it

Recreation, culture and religion, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Recreational and sporting services	43.3	$3.73B
Cultural services	41.5	$3.58B
Broadcasting and publishing services	14.4	$1.24B
Recreation, culture and religion n.e.c.	0.4	$37.72M
R&D Recreation, culture and religion	0.2	$20.05M
Religious and other community services	0.1	$11.82M

Defence$8.4B

Defence, in detail, as a share of it

Defence, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Military defence	85.5	$7.18B
Foreign military aid	6.4	$539.47M
Civil defence	4.4	$367.75M
R&D Defence	3.2	$265.22M
Defence n.e.c.	0.5	$41.97M

Public order and safety$7.83B

Public order and safety, in detail, as a share of it

Public order and safety, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Police services	47.3	$3.71B
Law courts	21.3	$1.67B
Prisons	15.5	$1.22B
Fire-protection services	15.3	$1.2B
Public order and safety n.e.c.	0.5	$38.65M
R&D Public order and safety	0	$0

Housing and community amenities$3.48B

Housing and community amenities, in detail, as a share of it

Housing and community amenities, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Community development	41.3	$1.44B
Housing development	32.7	$1.14B
Water supply	24.4	$848.79M
R&D Housing and community amenities	1.5	$53.26M
Street lighting	0	$0
Housing and community amenities n.e.c.	0	$0

Environmental protection$2.84B

Environmental protection, in detail, as a share of it

Environmental protection, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Waste water management	38.7	$1.1B
Waste management	30	$852.51M
Environmental protection n.e.c.	19.5	$552.49M
Protection of biodiversity and landscape	9.4	$265.75M
R&D Environmental protection	2.2	$63.35M
Pollution abatement	0.2	$6.51M

Where the money comes from

Sweden, 2013: revenue by kind, as a share of all revenue

Sweden, 2013: revenue by kind, as a share of all revenue
Row	Value (%)	Note
Taxes on sales, production and imports	43.2	$128.2B
Taxes on income and wealth	35	$104.04B
Sales, fees and charges	9	$26.68B
Social contributions	6.7	$19.78B
Income from property (interest, dividends, rent)	3.9	$11.67B
Other transfers received	1.1	$3.35B
Capital transfers and taxes received	0.9	$2.65B
Subsidies received	0.2	$534.03M

Taxes on sales, production and imports$128.2B

Taxes on sales, production and imports, in detail, as a share of it

Taxes on sales, production and imports, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Share	Note
Not broken down, or fitting no category	59.5		$76.34B
Value added tax	40.5		$51.86B

Over the years

Sweden: revenue and spending, 1995–2025

Sweden: revenue and spending, 1995–2025
Period	Revenue (% of GDP)	Spending (% of GDP)
1,995	56.2	63.2
1,996	57.9	61
1,997	57.2	58.8
1,998	57.3	56.5
1,999	56.7	56.1
2,000	56.2	53.1
2,001	53.9	52.6
2,002	52.2	53.7
2,003	52.7	54
2,004	52.8	52.7
2,005	54.2	52.3
2,006	53.4	51.2
2,007	52.9	49.5
2,008	52.3	50.5
2,009	51.9	52.8
2,010	50.7	50.9
2,011	49.8	50.2
2,012	50.2	51.4
2,013	50.8	52.5
2,014	50	51.9
2,015	50.1	50.5
2,016	51.4	50.6
2,017	51.6	50.3
2,018	51.5	50.9
2,019	50.2	49.8
2,020	50	53.3
2,021	50.2	50.4
2,022	50.4	49.4
2,023	49.2	50.2
2,024	48.5	50
2,025	47.8

Where these figures come from

Series read from Eurostat, government finance statistics (gov_10a_main, gov_10a_exp) on 2026-11-11.

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