Sweden: Trade openness

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 Sweden

Trade openness: exports plus imports as percent of GDP

 Latest value 104.34
 Year 2025
 Measure percent
 Data availability 1960 - 2025
 Average 67.05
 Min - Max 38.31 - 107.62
 Source The World Bank
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The latest value from 2025 is 104.34 percent, a decline from 105.97 percent in 2024. In comparison, the world average is 90.55 percent, based on data from 135 countries. Historically, the average for Sweden from 1960 to 2025 is 67.05 percent. The minimum value, 38.31 percent, was reached in 1967 while the maximum of 107.62 percent was recorded in 2023. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Sweden: Trade openness
 2025 104.34
 2024 105.97
 2023 107.62
 2022 107.11
 2021 91.11
 2020 84.47
 2019 92.75
 2018 90.41




Definition: Exports plus imports as percent of GDP.

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 Financial openness 2.290 2022 index points
 Exports, percent of GDP 53.23 2025 percent
 Exports, billion dollars 356.10 2025 billion U.S. dollars
 Growth of exports 3.93 2025 percent
 Imports, percent of GDP 51.11 2025 percent
 Imports, billion dollars 341.90 2025 billion U.S. dollars
 Foreign Direct Investment, percent of GDP 2.86 2025 percent
 Foreign Direct Investment, billion dollars 30.72 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Portfolio investment inflows, equities -188.94 2025 million dollars (current)
 Current account, percent of GDP 6.06 2025 percent
 Current account, in dollars 40.51 2025 billion U.S. dollars
 Current Account, quarterly 6.45 6/2026 percent
 Trade balance, percent of GDP 2.12 2025 percent
 Trade balance, in dollars 20.27 2025 billion U.S. dollars
 Reserves 74.20 2025 billion U.S. dollars
 Remittances, percent of GDP 0.78 2025 percent
 Remittances 5,413.48 2025 million U.S. dollars
 Net errors and omissions -50,281.82 2025 million USD
 External debt 162.21 2024 percent
 Short-term external debt 32.73 2024 percent
 Short-term debt to reserves 512.24 2024 percent
 External debt in foreign currencies 51.83 2005 percent
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