Sweden is the 8 most competitive nation in the world out of 140 countries ranked in the 2019 edition of the Global Competitiveness Report published by the World Economic Forum. Competitiveness Rank in Sweden averaged 6.23 from 2007 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 10.00 in 2015 and a record low of 2.00 in 2011. source: World Economic Forum



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Bankruptcies 864.00 990.00 Companies Jan 2026
Business Confidence 106.40 107.40 points Jan 2026
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
Corruption Index 80.00 80.00 Points Dec 2025
Corruption Rank 6.00 8.00 Dec 2025
Electricity Production 16906.75 15397.17 Gigawatt-hour Dec 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
Natural Gas Stocks Capacity 0.08 0.08 TWh Feb 2026
Natural Gas Stocks Injection 0.00 0.00 GWh/d Feb 2026
Natural Gas Stocks Inventory 0.03 0.04 TWh Feb 2026
Natural Gas Stocks Withdrawal 5.00 4.80 GWh/d Feb 2026
New Orders YoY 122.40 120.40 points Dec 2025


Sweden Competitiveness Rank
The most recent 2018 edition of Global Competitiveness Report assesses 140 economies. In 2018, the World Economic Forum introduced a new methodology emphasizing the role of human capital, innovation, resilience and agility, as not only drivers but also defining features of economic success in the 4th Industrial Revolution. As a result, the GCI scale changed to 1 to 100 from 1 to 7, with higher average score meaning higher degree of competitiveness. The report is made up of 98 variables organized into twelve pillars with the most important including: institutions; infrastructure; ICT adoption; macroeconomic stability; health; skills; product market; labour market; financial system; market size; business dynamism; and innovation capability.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
8.00 9.00 10.00 2.00 2007 - 2019 Yearly