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  • No increase in R&D expenditure during 2024

    During 2024, total intramural R&D expenditure in Sweden amounted to SEK 230.4 billion and the R&D personnel corresponded to 106 531 full-time equivalents according to preliminary figures. Sweden’s R&D intensity is calculated at 3.6 percent, a decrease by 0.04 percentage points compared to 2023.

  • Household consumption decreased in May 2025

    Household consumption decreased by 1.2 percent in May 2025, measured in seasonally adjusted figures, compared with April 2025. Compared with May 2024, household consumption increased by 0.6 percent, measured in constant prices and working day adjusted figures. In the last three-month period, consumption increased by 1.6 percent compared with the same period a year ago, measured in constant prices and working day adjusted figures.

  • Orders in industry decreased in May

    Total orders in industry decreased by 1.4 percent in May 2025 compared with April, in seasonally adjusted figures. Compared with May 2024, total orders in industry decreased by 2.4 percent in calendar-adjusted figures.

  • Private sector production nearly unchanged in May 2025

    Private sector production decreased by 0.1 percent in May 2025 compared with April 2025 in seasonally adjusted figures, and increased by 2.0 percent compared with May 2024 in calendar adjusted figures.

  • GDP indicator down in May

    Sweden’s GDP decreased by 0.2 percent in May, seasonally adjusted and compared with the previous month, as shown by the preliminary compilation of the GDP indicator. Calander adjusted GDP was 0.5 percent higher than in the corresponding month of the preceding year.