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Sweden in Europe
Where it ranks in Europe —
median rank 8th
vs US states
vs Europe
vs World
▸
Life expectancy
84.1 years
’24
6th
▸
Lowest homicide rate
1.1 per 100k
’23
26th
▸
Lowest gun deaths
†
1.1 per 100k
’19
21st
▸
Lowest prisoner population
†
92 per 100k
’23
17th
▸
Healthcare coverage
†
100%
’24
1st
▸
Paid maternity leave
†
13 weeks
’25
29th
▸
Statutory paid holiday
25 days
’26
4th
▸
Years in education
19 years
’23
6th
▸
Lowest road deaths
†
3.1 per 100k
’19
6th
▸
Lowest drug deaths
‡
4.6 per 100k
’23
23rd
▸
Pupil performance
‡
482 score
’22
14th
▸
Environmental performance
‡
69.2 score
’26
9th
▸
Human development index
0.959 score
’23
5th
▸
Lowest obesity
‡
18.7 % of adults
’24
7th
▸
GDP per capita
†
$72,529
’25
13th
▸
Lowest unemployment
8.7%
’25
33rd
▸
Lowest infant mortality
2 per 1k births
’24
8th
▸
Lowest suicide rate
†
13.8 per 100k
’21
24th
▸
Lowest CO₂ per person
†
3.6 t per person
’24
6th
▸
Renewable energy share
†
57.9%
’21
3rd
▸
Happiness
†
7.26 / 10
’25
4th
▸
Nobel laureates per million
‡
2.83 per million
’25
2nd
▸
Population
10.6M people
’25
14th
▸
Land area
450,295 km²
’24
5th
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