The Civil Society 2013:

Contribution of civil society to GDP was 3.3 percent

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2015-12-16 9.30

The total production of the civil society was SEK 219 billion in 2013. Of these, payments from public administration amounting to SEK 34 billion are included. Value added to the civil society amounted to SEK 124 billion. Accordingly, the contribution of civil society to Sweden's GDP was 3.3 percent.

In 2013 the civil society included a total of 232 000 organisations, of which 92 500 were economically active. The total number of gainfully employed persons in the civil society amounted to roughly 191 000 persons. Women dominated and comprised 58 percent. Close to 72 000 persons, or 37 percent, of the gainfully employed persons worked at non-profit associations.

Development and housing is the largest activity

A breakdown of value added by activities according to International classification of Non-profit organisations (ICNPO) shows that the activity Development and housing was the largest at SEK 44 billion. The next largest activity was Culture and recreation with a value added of SEK 16 billion. Education and research and Religion follow with SEK 14 billion each in value added during 2013. The activity Education and research received the most funds from public administration to carry out production, SEK 16 billion.

Production and value added per ICNPO, 2013, current prices, SEK billions

	Production	of which payments from public administration	Value added	of which subsidiaries to non- profit organisations
The total civil society	219	34	124	30
Culture and recreation	30	5	16	6
Education and research	19	16	14	1
Health	3	2	3	0
Social services	10	5	7	1
Environment	1	0	1	0
Development and housing	84	1	44	6
Law, advocacy and politics	6	2	4	1
Philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion	10	0	2	2
International	2	2	1	0
Religion	20	0	14	0
Business and professional associations, unions	13	1	7	1
Not elsewhere classified	20	0	11	11

The distribution of the number of economically active organisations and the number of gainfully employed persons per ICNPO show that Development and housing was the largest activity concerning the number of active organisations and that Education and research was the largest concerning the number of gainfully employed persons.

Number of organisations and gainfully employed persons in the civil society according to ICNPO, 2013

	Number of organisations	Of which economically active organisations	Number of gainfully employed persons	Number of women	Number of men
The total civil society	232 216	92 504	191 378	111 052	80 326
Culture and recreation	58 241	22 143	35 647	15 419	20 228
Education and research	7 323	4 836	37 454	27 046	10 408
Health	255	156	4 715	3 632	1 083
Social services	4 275	1 887	22 004	15 900	6 104
Environment	1 625	560	1 128	683	445
Development and housing	65 548	30 022	13 986	5 454	8 532
Law, advocacy and politics	21 230	6 564	8 075	4 715	3 360
Philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion	4 204	3 568	2 582	1 461	1 121
International	705	188	2 357	1 422	935
Religion	8 840	4 046	32 005	18 259	13 746
Business and professional associations, unions	7 059	3 401	11 056	6 135	4 921
Not elsewhere classified	52 911	15 133	20 369	10 926	9 443

This is the first time the satellite accounts are published for the civil society. This presentation gives a complete picture of the civil society related to the national accounts. Other news in connection with this publishing is the presentation of private providers of municipal and county council services as well as a new presentation of non-profit work by individuals. A detailed report is shown in the publication The Civil Society 2013 as well as in a number of tables in the statistical database at scb.se under the section Business activities, Civil society.

Publication

The civil society 2013

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