Industries in Sweden operated at 88.8% of capacity in the third quarter of 2025, down 0.2 percentage points from an upwardly revised 89% in the previous quarter. The utilization level remained considerably below the full-capacity threshold of 100%, indicating that a significant portion of industrial resources continued to be underutilized. Among the factors contributing to lower capacity utilization, the most notable was insufficient demand, which accounted for the largest share of reasons cited by firms. This factor declined from 60.9% in the previous quarter to 57.8% in Q3. On an annual basis, and after adjusting for calendar effects, capacity utilization in Swedish industries increased by 1.7 percentage points compared with the same quarter in 2024, reaching 88.5%. source: Statistics Sweden

Capacity Utilization in Sweden increased to 88.80 percent in the third quarter of 2025 from 88.50 percent in the second quarter of 2025. Capacity Utilization in Sweden averaged 87.37 percent from 1980 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 91.60 percent in the second quarter of 2022 and a record low of 76.00 percent in the second quarter of 2009. This page provides - Sweden Capacity Utilization - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Sweden Capacity Utilization - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2026.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2025-08-21 06:00 AM
Capacity Utilization QoQ
Q2 0.4% 0.6% 0.1%
2025-11-21 07:00 AM
Capacity Utilization QoQ
Q3 -0.2% 0.8% 0.2%
2026-02-20 07:00 AM
Capacity Utilization QoQ
Q4 -0.2% 0.1%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Bankruptcies 990.00 984.00 Companies Dec 2025
Industrial Inventories 3464.51 2327.06 SEK Million Sep 2025
Capacity Utilization 88.80 89.00 percent Sep 2025
Car Registrations 16041.00 23877.00 Units Jan 2026
Changes in Inventories 11800.00 7438.00 SEK Million Sep 2025
Industrial Production YoY 4.20 3.10 percent Dec 2025
Industrial Production MoM 5.10 -0.30 percent Dec 2025
Manufacturing Production 4.20 2.30 percent Dec 2025
Mining Production 7.30 26.40 percent Dec 2025
New Orders YoY 122.40 120.40 points Dec 2025


Sweden Capacity Utilization
In Sweden, Capacity Utilization is the difference between the potential and actual use of an input. Capacity utilization is high when actual output is close to potential output because the most use is being made of labor and capital.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
88.80 89.00 91.60 76.00 1980 - 2025 percent Quarterly
Seasonally Adjusted

News Stream
Swedish Capacity Utilization Falls in Q3
Industries in Sweden operated at 88.8% of capacity in the third quarter of 2025, down 0.2 percentage points from an upwardly revised 89% in the previous quarter. The utilization level remained considerably below the full-capacity threshold of 100%, indicating that a significant portion of industrial resources continued to be underutilized. Among the factors contributing to lower capacity utilization, the most notable was insufficient demand, which accounted for the largest share of reasons cited by firms. This factor declined from 60.9% in the previous quarter to 57.8% in Q3. On an annual basis, and after adjusting for calendar effects, capacity utilization in Swedish industries increased by 1.7 percentage points compared with the same quarter in 2024, reaching 88.5%.
2025-11-21
Sweden Capacity Utilization Rises in Q2
Industries in Sweden operated at 88.5% capacity in the second quarter of 2025, up by 0.4 percentage points from 88.1% in the previous period, but still below the 100% threshold, indicating underutilization. The largest decline was recorded in the “other” category, which dropped from 11% to 6.1%. Meanwhile, the biggest increase came from “insufficient demand,” rising from 54.9% to 61.4%. On a yearly basis, calendar-adjusted capacity utilization was unchanged at 88.9% in Q2 .
2025-08-21
Sweden Capacity Utilization Rises to 88%
Industries in Sweden operated at 88% capacity in the first quarter of 2025, up by 0.5 percentage points from 87.5% in the previous period. Still, the reading remained below the 100% threshold, indicating underutilization. The biggest drop in shares of reason for lower capacity utilization was in the “other” category, which fell from 13.5% to 10.6%. Meanwhile, the largest gain came from “production disruptions,” up from 23.2% to 26.1%. On a yearly basis, capacity utilization fell by 0.6 percentage points to a calendar-adjusted 88.2% in Q1 .
2025-05-21