Central government gross debt, % of GDP, quarterly (World Bank QPSD): Sweden
The latest reading SOTW holds for Sweden is 21.37% of GDP for 2026-Q2, from World Bank.
Source series · Listed tier · Fiscal & Monetary · Quarterly · % of GDP · WB.L.QPSD.CG.DEBT.GDP.Q · SWE
Listed tier: bulk-loaded from the publisher's file as published; not individually reviewed by SOTW.
- Latest
- 21.37
- % of GDP · 2026-Q2
- Previous
- 20.72
- % of GDP · 2026-Q1
- Earliest held
- 62.46
- % of GDP · 2000-Q1
- Readings shown
- 106
- Every reading SOTW holds
Sweden · history
% of GDP · Quarterly
Readings, newest first
| Period | Value (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2026-Q2 | 21.37 |
| 2026-Q1 | 20.72 |
| 2025-Q4 | 20.93 |
| 2025-Q3 | 19.63 |
| 2025-Q2 | 20.13 |
| 2025-Q1 | 19.57 |
| 2024-Q4 | 20.00 |
| 2024-Q3 | 19.17 |
| 2024-Q2 | 19.25 |
| 2024-Q1 | 18.74 |
| 2023-Q4 | 19.26 |
| 2023-Q3 | 18.80 |
| 2023-Q2 | 19.68 |
| 2023-Q1 | 21.16 |
| 2022-Q4 | 21.87 |
| 2022-Q3 | 22.94 |
| 2022-Q2 | 22.54 |
| 2022-Q1 | 23.31 |
| 2021-Q4 | 24.72 |
| 2021-Q3 | 24.56 |
| 2021-Q2 | 26.15 |
| 2021-Q1 | 27.56 |
| 2020-Q4 | 27.37 |
| 2020-Q3 | 26.42 |
| 2020-Q2 | 25.14 |
| 2020-Q1 | 24.01 |
| 2019-Q4 | 23.81 |
| 2019-Q3 | 24.13 |
| 2019-Q2 | 24.93 |
| 2019-Q1 | 26.06 |
| 2018-Q4 | 28.38 |
| 2018-Q3 | 28.27 |
| 2018-Q2 | 28.70 |
| 2018-Q1 | 28.83 |
| 2017-Q4 | 30.85 |
| 2017-Q3 | 29.61 |
| 2017-Q2 | 31.15 |
| 2017-Q1 | 31.65 |
| 2016-Q4 | 32.29 |
| 2016-Q3 | 31.79 |
| 2016-Q2 | 33.37 |
| 2016-Q1 | 32.26 |
| 2015-Q4 | 33.97 |
| 2015-Q3 | 34.09 |
| 2015-Q2 | 34.92 |
| 2015-Q1 | 35.35 |
| 2014-Q4 | 35.89 |
| 2014-Q3 | 34.06 |
| 2014-Q2 | 33.43 |
| 2014-Q1 | 33.37 |
| 2013-Q4 | 32.78 |
| 2013-Q3 | 33.20 |
| 2013-Q2 | 33.05 |
| 2013-Q1 | 33.25 |
| 2012-Q4 | 30.26 |
| 2012-Q3 | 30.14 |
| 2012-Q2 | 30.12 |
| 2012-Q1 | 30.19 |
| 2011-Q4 | 30.72 |
| 2011-Q3 | 29.53 |
| 2011-Q2 | 30.06 |
| 2011-Q1 | 30.49 |
| 2010-Q4 | 32.72 |
| 2010-Q3 | 32.55 |
| 2010-Q2 | 33.68 |
| 2010-Q1 | 34.28 |
| 2009-Q4 | 35.70 |
| 2009-Q3 | 33.37 |
| 2009-Q2 | 32.21 |
| 2009-Q1 | 29.96 |
| 2008-Q4 | 32.33 |
| 2008-Q3 | 32.47 |
| 2008-Q2 | 30.31 |
| 2008-Q1 | 31.85 |
| 2007-Q4 | 34.38 |
| 2007-Q3 | 34.57 |
| 2007-Q2 | 35.37 |
| 2007-Q1 | 37.26 |
| 2006-Q4 | 39.82 |
| 2006-Q3 | 39.55 |
| 2006-Q2 | 40.45 |
| 2006-Q1 | 41.79 |
| 2005-Q4 | 44.54 |
| 2005-Q3 | 43.15 |
| 2005-Q2 | 43.16 |
| 2005-Q1 | 44.25 |
| 2004-Q4 | 44.65 |
| 2004-Q3 | 43.51 |
| 2004-Q2 | 44.41 |
| 2004-Q1 | 46.16 |
| 2003-Q4 | 45.51 |
| 2003-Q3 | 44.88 |
| 2003-Q2 | 45.06 |
| 2003-Q1 | 46.12 |
| 2002-Q4 | 45.99 |
| 2002-Q3 | 45.65 |
| 2002-Q2 | 45.02 |
| 2002-Q1 | 46.76 |
| 2001-Q4 | 49.77 |
| 2001-Q3 | 49.99 |
| 2001-Q2 | 50.44 |
| 2001-Q1 | 51.89 |
| 2000-Q4 | 56.42 |
| 2000-Q3 | 57.25 |
| 2000-Q2 | 58.89 |
| 2000-Q1 | 62.46 |
Source: World Bank. All 106 readings held, 2000-Q1 to 2026-Q2. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.