IMD World Competitiveness Booklet 2023

Competitiveness Country Profiles

Sweden Competitiveness Trends – Overall

OVERALL PERFORMANCE (64 countries)

BASIC FACTS

Rank

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Capital Land area (square km '000)

Stockholm

2

529 2022

4

10,114 2022

Exchange rate (per $)

6

10,53 2022 36 584,6 2022 23 65.031 2022 15 2,4 2022 50 8,06 2022 29 8,80 2021 55 5,61 2021 34 4,27 2022 15 386,6 2021 21 8,27 2021 09

8

Population - market size (millions)

9

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (US$ billions)

GDP (PPP) per capita (US$)

Real GDP growth (%)

Consumer price inflation (%)

Unemployment rate (%)

Labor force (millions)

Current account balance (% of GDP)

Direct investment stocks inward ($bn)

Direct investment flows inward (% of GDP)

COMPETITIVENESS LANDSCAPE

Economic Performance Government Efficiency

Business Efficiency

Infrastructure

Domestic Economy

International Trade

International Investment Employment Prices

Public Finance Tax Policy

Institutional Framework Business Legislation

Societal Framework

Productivity & Efficiency Labor Market Finance

Management Practices Attitudes & Values

Basic Infrastructure

Technological Infrastructure Scientific Infrastructure

Health & Environment Education

4 8

5

6 8

8 8 9

11

11 7

13

14

16

19

20

33

40

46

55

PEER GROUPS RANKINGS EUROPE - MIDDLE EAST - AFRICA (41 countries)

POPULATIONS < 20 MILLION (37 countries)

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2

2

3

4

4

5

6

6

7

8

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