NA%

Household income or consumption by percentage share:

lowest 10%: 3.6% highest 10%: 22.2% (2000)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:

23 (2005)

Investment (gross fixed):

19% of GDP (2007 est.)

Budget:

revenues: $249.1 billion expenditures: $233.5 billion (2007 est.)

Fiscal year:

calendar year

Public debt:

41.7% of GDP (2007 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

2.2% (2007 est.)

Central bank discount rate:

3.5% (31 December 2007)

Commercial bank prime lending rate:

4% (31 December 2004)

Stock of money:

$217.1 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of quasi money:

$48.49 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of domestic credit:

$630.8 billion (31 December 2007)

Agriculture - products:

barley, wheat, sugar beets; meat, milk

Industries:

iron and steel, precision equipment (bearings, radio and telephone parts, armaments), wood pulp and paper products, processed foods, motor vehicles

Industrial production growth rate:

3% (2007 est.)

Electricity - production:

143.8 billion kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - consumption:

133.6 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - exports:

14.74 billion kWh (2007)

Electricity - imports:

16.61 billion kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: 4% hydro: 50.8% nuclear: 43% other: 2.3% (2001)

Oil - production:

2,350 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - consumption:

353,700 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - exports:

219,200 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - imports:

581,000 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - proved reserves:

0 bbl (1 January 2006 est.)

Natural gas - production:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:

1.006 billion cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - exports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - imports:

1.006 billion cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:

0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

Current account balance:

$37.97 billion (2007 est.)

Exports:

$170.1 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Exports - commodities:

machinery 35%, motor vehicles, paper products, pulp and wood, iron and steel products, chemicals

Exports - partners:

Germany 10.4%, Norway 9.4%, US 7.6%, Denmark 7.4%, UK 7.1%, Finland 6.4%, Netherlands 5.1%, France 5%, Belgium 4.6% (2007)

Imports:

$151.4 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Imports - commodities:

machinery, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, motor vehicles, iron and steel; foodstuffs, clothing

Imports - partners:

Germany 18.4%, Denmark 9.2%, Norway 8.3%, UK 6.8%, Finland 6.1%,
Netherlands 5.8%, France 5%, China 4.3%, Belgium 4.1% (2007)

Economic aid - donor:

ODA, $3.955 billion (2006)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$31.04 billion (2006 est.)

Debt - external:

$598.2 billion (30 June 2006)

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

$216.6 billion (2007 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

$261.5 billion (2007 est.)

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$403.9 billion (2005)

Currency (code):

Swedish krona (SEK)

Currency code: