The Civil Society 2015:
Civil society’s contribution to GDP was 3.1 percent in 2015
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2017-12-11 9.30
Total production in civil society was SEK 226 billion in 2015. This includes payments from public administration amounting to SEK 37 billion. Value added in civil society amounted to SEK 132 billion. Accordingly, the contribution of civil society to Sweden’s GDP was 3.1 percent in 2015.
Civil society also recognises subsidiaries to non-profit organisations as a subset. These contributed a value added amounting to SEK 28 billion in 2015 compared with SEK 24 billion in 2014.
| 2014 | 2015 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Sweden in total |
‑thereof civil society |
Share | Sweden in total |
‑thereof civil society |
Share | |
|
Production
|
6 962 | 217 | 3.1% | 7 364 | 226 | 3.1% | |
|
- thereof payment from the
public sector |
36 | 37 | |||||
|
GDP / Value added at base price
|
3 487 | 126 | 3.6% | 3 720 | 132 | 3.6% | |
|
GDP at market price / value added
at base price |
3 937 | 126 | 3.2% | 4 200 | 132 | 3.1% | |
|
Compensation to employees
|
1 883 | 66 | 3.5% | 1 967 | 70 | 3.5% | |
|
Operating surplus and mixed income,
gross |
1 265 | 48 | 3.8% | 1 385 | 50 | 3.6% | |
|
Capital income, net
|
63 | 9 | 45 | 16 | |||
|
Current transfers, net
|
‑68 | 30 | ‑67 | 37 | |||
|
Disposable income, net
|
3 298 | 63 | 1.9% | 3 508 | 77 | 2.2% | |
|
Final consumption expenditure
|
2 848 | 58 | 2.0% | 2 976 | 60 | 2.0% | |
|
Gross fixed capital formation
|
907 | 48 | 5.3% | 990 | 58 | 5.9% | |
|
Net lending (+)/net borrowing (-)
|
184 | ‑26 | 192 | ‑24 |
Source:National Accounts and civil society
In 2015, civil society comprised of a total of 244 000 organisations, of which 93 000 were economically active. Almost 63 percent of all civil society organisations belong to the legal form of non-profit associations.
In 2015 within education, health care and social services, there were 2 418 providers of services purchased by municipalities and county councils in civil society. This is a slight increase from 2014 when there were 2 370 organisations. In comparison with all private providers within education, health care and social services, civil society organisations accounted for almost 23 percent of the number.
The total number of gainfully employed persons in civil society was roughly 187 000 in 2015, which corresponds to almost 4 percent of the total number of employees in Sweden. Women comprised 59 percent of civil society, while for Sweden the total proportion of women was 48 percent. Over 70 000 gainfully employed persons in civil society, or 37 percent, worked in non-profit associations.
| 2014 | 2015 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Sweden in total |
‑thereof civil society |
Share | Sweden in total |
‑thereof civil society |
Share |
|
|
Total number of |
4 655 800 | 183 339 | 3,9% | 4 733 202 | 187 027 | 4,0% | |
| Number of woman | 2 233 411 | 107 839 | 4,8% | 2 273 335 | 110 985 | 4,9% | |
| Number of men | 2 422 389 | 75 500 | 3,1% | 2 459 867 | 76 042 | 3,1% |
Source: Labour statistics based on administrative sources and civil society
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