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, 2015

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 2015's average rate (Eurostat).

Revenue: $251.33B · 50.1% of GDP
Spending: $253.41B · 50.5% of GDP
Surplus (+) or deficit (−): -$2.07B · -0.4% of GDP

What the money is spent on

Sweden, 2015: spending by function, as a share of all spending

Sweden, 2015: spending by function, as a share of all spending
Row	Value (%)	Note
Social protection	41.3	$104.74B
Education	14.2	$36.05B
Health	14	$35.36B
General public services	11.4	$29B
Economic affairs	9.3	$23.45B
Recreation, culture and religion	2.8	$7.14B
Public order and safety	2.5	$6.33B
Defence	2.4	$6.03B
Housing and community amenities	1.2	$3.11B
Environmental protection	0.9	$2.19B

Social protection$104.74B

Social protection, in detail, as a share of it

Social protection, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Old age	52	$54.5B
Sickness and disability	20.3	$21.23B
Family and children	12.1	$12.72B
Unemployment	6.3	$6.64B
Social exclusion n.e.c.	6.2	$6.49B
Housing	1.5	$1.6B
Survivors	1.4	$1.48B
Social protection n.e.c.	0.1	$67.24M
R&D Social protection	0	$13.31M

Education$36.05B

Education, in detail, as a share of it

Education, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Pre-primary and primary education	62.7	$22.62B
Tertiary education	15.8	$5.71B
Secondary education	15.8	$5.7B
Education not definable by level	3.7	$1.34B
Education n.e.c.	1.3	$452.12M
Subsidiary services to education	0.3	$106.73M
Post-secondary non-tertiary education	0.3	$104.51M
R&D Education	0.1	$18.75M

Health$35.36B

Health, in detail, as a share of it

Health, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Outpatient services	43.4	$15.34B
Hospital services	37.8	$13.36B
Medical products, appliances and equipment	10.2	$3.62B
Public health services	3.1	$1.1B
Health n.e.c.	2.8	$1B
R&D Health	2.6	$935.86M

General public services$29B

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	32.1	$9.3B
Basic research	27.1	$7.86B
Foreign economic aid	14.9	$4.32B
General services	13.5	$3.93B
Public debt transactions	11.4	$3.29B
General public services n.e.c.	1	$293.46M
R&D General public services	0	$3.44M
Transfers of a general character between different levels of government	0	$0

Economic affairs$23.45B

Economic affairs, in detail, as a share of it

Economic affairs, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Transport	66.1	$15.5B
General economic, commercial and labour affairs	22.8	$5.35B
Fuel and energy	3.1	$732.94M
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting	2.9	$673.91M
Mining, manufacturing and construction	2.1	$487.29M
R&D Economic affairs	1.6	$365.58M
Other industries	0.9	$204.04M
Communication	0.4	$102.96M
Economic affairs n.e.c.	0.1	$29.07M

Recreation, culture and religion$7.14B

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	45	$3.22B
Cultural services	39.5	$2.82B
Broadcasting and publishing services	14.2	$1.01B
R&D Recreation, culture and religion	0.8	$53.59M
Recreation, culture and religion n.e.c.	0.4	$29.85M
Religious and other community services	0.2	$10.98M

Public order and safety$6.33B

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	46.6	$2.95B
Law courts	21.1	$1.34B
Prisons	16	$1.01B
Fire-protection services	15.5	$984.02M
Public order and safety n.e.c.	0.8	$48.04M
R&D Public order and safety	0	$0

Defence$6.03B

Defence, in detail, as a share of it

Defence, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Military defence	87.3	$5.27B
Civil defence	4.7	$281.26M
Foreign military aid	4.1	$245.09M
R&D Defence	3.5	$211.25M
Defence n.e.c.	0.5	$29.51M

Housing and community amenities$3.11B

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	$1.29B
Housing development	33.9	$1.05B
Water supply	22.7	$706.86M
R&D Housing and community amenities	2.1	$64.91M
Street lighting	0	$0
Housing and community amenities n.e.c.	0	$0

Environmental protection$2.19B

Environmental protection, in detail, as a share of it

Environmental protection, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Waste water management	41.7	$913.01M
Waste management	27.7	$606.23M
Environmental protection n.e.c.	18.8	$411.74M
Protection of biodiversity and landscape	7.2	$157.33M
R&D Environmental protection	2.6	$56.14M
Pollution abatement	2.1	$46.82M

Where the money comes from

Sweden, 2015: revenue by kind, as a share of all revenue

Sweden, 2015: revenue by kind, as a share of all revenue
Row	Value (%)	Note
Taxes on sales, production and imports	43.2	$108.54B
Taxes on income and wealth	36.8	$92.41B
Sales, fees and charges	8.5	$21.28B
Social contributions	6.6	$16.61B
Income from property (interest, dividends, rent)	3.1	$7.81B
Other transfers received	0.9	$2.37B
Capital transfers and taxes received	0.7	$1.8B
Subsidies received	0.2	$504.16M

Taxes on sales, production and imports$108.54B

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	58.6		$63.57B
Value added tax	41.4		$44.97B

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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