Trade, exports and imports: what Sweden sells, to whom and what tariffs do

The trade balance is goods exports minus goods imports, the services balance the same for services. The current account adds wages, interest and dividends to and from abroad, and transfers such as the EU contribution and foreign aid. A surplus means Sweden earns more abroad than it spends there, and saves the difference in assets abroad.

Statistics Sweden, balance of payments (TAB1215), transactions in billions of kronor, current prices.

Exports and imports of goods and services divided by GDP, in current prices. The share shows how open the economy is, not how much exports add to GDP: much of what is exported contains imported parts.

Small countries trade more with the rest of the world than large ones. The table compares Sweden with its neighbours, some large economies and the averages for the EU, the OECD and the world.

Statistics Sweden, national accounts (TAB5621), current prices. Comparison: World Bank, World Development Indicators (NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS), CC BY 4.0.

Trade in goods and trade in services in billions of kronor. Services range from licences and software to transport, consultants and foreign tourists' trips in Sweden.

Goods by product group, 2025

Services by type, 2025

Statistics Sweden, trade in goods (TAB5390, TAB1643, product groups by SITC rev. 3, adjusted for non-response) and trade in services (TAB5148), current prices.

Share of goods exports or goods imports by country, for the six largest in the latest year. Exports are counted by the country where the goods will be used, imports by the country they were shipped from, so imports via the Netherlands and Germany may have been made elsewhere.

Statistics Sweden, goods exports and imports by trading partner (TAB3195), adjusted for non-response, current prices.

Statistics Sweden splits goods exports between counties by where the companies' employees work. Exports from a company with its head office in Stockholm and a factory in Västerbotten are thus divided by the employees. About a tenth of exports cannot be placed in any county and are not in the table, nor are companies with small exports to other EU countries. Per inhabitant, Blekinge exports the most, followed by Västra Götaland and Norrbotten.

National Board of Trade Sweden, Swedish exports by county, updated 2 September 2026, from Statistics Sweden's foreign trade statistics linked to the business register. Billions of kronor, current prices. Uppsala 2022 is suppressed for confidentiality.

A direct investment is ownership of at least ten percent of a company in another country. The chart shows total assets: what Swedish companies own in subsidiaries abroad and what foreign owners hold in Sweden.

The table shows foreign investment in Sweden by the country of the ultimate owner, not the country where the holding company is registered.

Statistics Sweden, direct investment (TAB4405, TAB6754), billions of kronor at year end.

Sweden does not negotiate its own trade agreements; the EU does that for all member states. A free trade agreement lowers or removes tariffs and can also cover services, public procurement and rules. The table shows the status of the EU's main agreements in autumn 2026.

National Board of Trade Sweden, EU trade agreements, read October 2026.

All parties in the Riksdag basically support Sweden trading with the rest of the world. They differ on how far a trade agreement should set requirements on the environment, climate and human rights, and on individual agreements such as Mercosur.

Riksdag open data, motions of the parliamentary session 2025/26, and regeringen.se. How the parties voted on Mercosur in the European Parliament is on EU.