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  • Volume of retail trade decreased in February 2026

    The volume of retail trade decreased by 0.6 percent in February 2026 compared with January 2025. Retail sales in durables decreased by 0.9 percent while retail sales in consumables (excluding Systembolaget, the state-owned chain of liquor stores) remained unchanged. These figures are calendar and seasonally adjusted and calculated in constant prices.

  • Expenditures on social protection as a share of GDP increased in 2024

    Social protection expenditures as a share of GDP increased from 27.7 percent in 2023 to 27.8 percent in 2024. Social protection expenditures in current prices increased more compared to the increase of GDP.

  • Fewer participants in Folk high school

    The number of participants has been decreasing for the third consecutive year across all three types of adult education courses within folk high schools. The largest decrease was among short courses, which in 2025 were 5 percent fewer than the year before.

  • 36 percent of holiday homes in Kronoberg County have foreign owners

    In Sweden 38 133 holiday homes were owned by foreign owners in 2025, foreign ownership thus amounts to 6 percent of the total holiday home stock. There are major regional differences in the share of foreign owned holiday homes: 36 percent in Kronoberg compared with 0.3 percent in Uppsala.

  • Net trade balance at SEK 1.8 billion in February

    In February 2026, Swedish exports of goods amounted to SEK 163.8 billion, while imports of goods amounted to SEK 162.0 billion. As a result, the net trade balance was SEK 1.8 billion.