EU member state. Compliance scores reflect the regulatory advantages of EU single market membership and are not directly comparable to non-EU sourcing countries.
Europe
Sweden
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness · Intra-EU Risk
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
Sweden on the world stage
Total imports
$189.0bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$195.8bn
228 partners
#1 import source
Germany
16.2%
#1 export dest.
Germany
10.0%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Intra-EU trade: Sweden
EU imports from
€106.9bn
intra-EU flow
EU exports to
€122.5bn
intra-EU flow
Intra-EU rank
#15
by import value
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 1.15
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT.
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
96
EUR/MWh
Consumer
235
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
36
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
72%
of generation
Wholesale 50 EUR/MWh · market market
Power market
● Export-revenue + dam debtMarket model
Liberalised wholesale market (Nord Pool)
Direct PPA
Allowed
grid access: open
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Independent
Ei (Energimarknadsinspektionen / Swedish Energy Markets Inspectorate)
Sweden has cheap, clean power (hydro 38%, nuclear 29%, wind 23%) but a four-zone bidding system creates stark north-south price divergence: the north has surplus hydro and wind, while the south (where most demand sits)…
Tracked infrastructure
2 gas plants
350 MW
220 wind farms
11.9 GW · 17 building
3 solar farms
70 MW · 2 building
6 nuclear plants
7.2 GW
59 hydro plants
10.9 GW
4 steel plants
3,800 ktpa
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
94
13 production-backed
Acid-drainage prone
22
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Iron, Zinc, Copper
Mine-water verifiability
Full reported-vs-real
SLU MVM ambient chemistry API + Naturvardsverket 'Utslapp i…
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Intra-EU sourcing risk
EU · 1 = lowest riskMonitored ports (30)
Source: IMF PortWatch. Port count reflects monitoring coverage, not economic significance.
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
40.1
→ 44.1 by 2050
Fertility
1.43
below replacement
Working-age
62.3%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
33.3
→ 42.9 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 10.6M · peaks 2079
By 2050: +7% (11.3M)