Sweden

Official Name:

Kingdom of Sweden (Sweden)

Area:

449.964 km ²

Population (2007):

9.031.088 inhabitants

Coastline:

3.218 km

Capital:

Stockholm

Maritime Ports and terminals:

Goteborg, Helsingborg, Karlshamn, Lulea, Malmo, Oxelosund, Stenungsund, Stockholm, Trelleborg

Maritime claims:

• Territorial sea: 12 nm (adjustments made to return a portion of straits to high seas)
• Exclusive economic zone: agreed boundaries or midlines
• Continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Political divisions:

21 counties (lan, singular and plural); Blekinge, Dalarnas, Gavleborgs, Gotlands, Hallands, Jamtlands, Jonkopings, Kalmar, Kronobergs, Norrbottens, Orebro, Ostergotlands, Skane, Sodermanlands, Stockholms, Uppsala, Varmlands, Vasterbottens, Vasternorrlands, Vastmanlands, Vastra Gotalands

Language(s):

Swedish, small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities

National holiday:

Swedish Flag Day, 6 June (1916); National Day, 6 June (1983)

Nationality:

Swede(s)

Official time:

UTC 1. Daylight saving time: 1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Member of:

AfDB, Arctic Council, AsDB, Australia Group, BIS, CBSS, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, ESA, EU, FAO, G- 6, G- 9, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MONUC, NAM (guest), NC, NEA, NIB, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, PFP, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMEE, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNMOGIP, UNOMIG, UNRWA, UNTSO, UPU, WCO, WEU (observer), WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

Internet country code:

.se

Economic Profile

Currency:

Swedish krona (SEK)

GDP - per capita (PPP):

USD32.200 (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):

(2006 est.) USD 373.200.000.000

PIB (Real growth rate:

4,7% (2006 est.)

GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)

• Agriculture: 1,1%
• Industry: 28,1%
• Services: 70,9%

Labor force:

4.590.000 (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation (2000):

• Agriculture 2%
• Industry: 24%
• Services 74%

Unemployment rate:

5,6% (2006 est.)

Inflation rate (Consumer prices):

1,4% (2006 est)

Investment (Gross Fixed):

17,6% del PIB (2006 est.)

Budget:

• Revenues: USD222.000.000.000
• Expenditures: USD210.500.000.000

Public debt:

46,4% of GDP (2006 est.)

Current account balance:

USD 28.610.000.000 (2006 est.)

Exports:

USD 173.900.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Exports - Commodities:

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

Exports - Partners:

US 10,6%, Germany 10,2%, Norway 8,7%, UK 7,4%, Denmark 6,5%, Finland 5,7%, France 4,9%, Netherlands 4,5%, Belgium 4,3% (2005)

Imports:

USD 151.800.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Imports - Commodities:

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

Imports - partners:

Germany 17,6%, Denmark 8,9%, Norway 7,8%, UK 6,6%, Netherlands 6,2%, Finland 5,8%, France 5% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

USD 22.260.000.000 (2006 est.)

Debt - external:

USD 598.200.000.000 (2006)