Compensation of employees, Transactions in Sweden
Sweden: Compensation of employees, Transactions was 819.22 billion in 2025. ▲ Rising
Compensation of employees, Transactions in Sweden, 1999–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2025, compensation of employees, transactions in Sweden stood at 819.22 billion. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 55.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, compensation of employees, transactions in Sweden peaked at 819.22 billion in 2025 and was at its lowest, 282.82 billion, in 1999.
Sweden ranks 7th of 35 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Compensation of employees, Transactions in Sweden, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 282.82 billion | — |
| 2000 | 296.52 billion | +4.8% |
| 2001 | 313.02 billion | +5.6% |
| 2002 | 330.03 billion | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 352.62 billion | +6.8% |
| 2004 | 363.92 billion | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 373.51 billion | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 390.99 billion | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 410.15 billion | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 425.79 billion | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 427.43 billion | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 436.33 billion | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 449.28 billion | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 468.25 billion | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 485.12 billion | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 503.56 billion | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 526.46 billion | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 555.91 billion | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 584.15 billion | +5.1% |
| 2018 | 613.55 billion | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 635.71 billion | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 651.72 billion | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 680.36 billion | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 700.69 billion | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 766.21 billion | +9.4% |
| 2024 | 813.43 billion | +6.2% |
| 2025 | 819.22 billion | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 282.82 billion | 282.82 billion | 282.82 billion | 1 |
| 2000s | 368.40 billion | 296.52 billion | 427.43 billion | 10 |
| 2010s | 525.83 billion | 436.33 billion | 635.71 billion | 10 |
| 2020s | 738.60 billion | 651.72 billion | 819.22 billion | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More public sector data for Sweden
- Arms imports 66.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 6.24 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -32.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 66.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 1,139 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0199 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 37.53 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 12.04 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 240.63 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compensation of employees, transactions in Sweden?
- Compensation of employees, transactions in Sweden was 819.22 billion in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest compensation of employees, transactions recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 819.22 billion in 2025.
- What is the lowest compensation of employees, transactions recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 282.82 billion in 1999.
- How does Sweden rank for compensation of employees, transactions?
- Sweden ranks 7th out of 35 countries with data for 2025.
- Is compensation of employees, transactions rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 55.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Compensation of employees, Transactions (Statement of operations, General government). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Government Finance Statistics (GFS) includes government revenues and expenditures, government net lending / net borrowing (the surplus / deficit) financing transactions and balance sheet data on government assets and liabilities. Statistics are available for different levels of government including budgetary central government, central government and general government.