Science & Technology in Sweden 124 indicators covering science & technology for Sweden. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Researchers (in full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants 8,911 2023 up 32.6% 3rd Research & development spending as a share of GDP 3.6% 2023 up 9.9% 3rd Medical technology availability 23.61 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants 2025 up 16.2% 20th High-tech patent applications to the EPO by priority year and NUTS 3 679.45 Number 2012 up 41.0% 5th Proportion of adults (15 years and older) with an account at a 98.6% 2024 down 1.2% 11th Individuals who accessed the internet away from home or work 93.5% 2019 up 33.4% 1st R&D personnel by sector of performance - Regions — Researchers 91,444 Persons 2023 up 86.8% 10th Number of R&D researchers per million people 8,911 per million people 2023 up 32.6% 2nd Researchers (HC) - % Female 34.9% 2023 up 4.8% 76th GERD by sector of performance and fields of R&D 19,900 Million euro 2024 up 46.2% 16th GERD by sector of performance and type of R&D 19,900 Million euro 2024 up 46.2% 16th Electricity production capacities for combustible fuels by technology 3,842 Megawatt 2024 down 28.3% 13th R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex 123,074 Full-time equivalent (FTE) 2024 up 47.4% 18th R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D 123,074 Full-time equivalent (FTE) 2024 up 47.4% 18th Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) - Higher 46.6% 2023 up 4.9% 46th Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) 52.6% 2023 up 52.5% 26th Human resources in science and technology (HRST) by category, sex and 3,915 Thousand persons 2025 up 25.7% 12th Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) 26.2% 2023 up 13.3% 55th Patent applications to the EPO by priority year 2,833 Number 2017 down 0.5% 14th Researchers by sector of performance, age class and sex 143,042 Head count 2023 up 40.5% 17th Researchers by sector of performance, country of citizenship and sex 143,042 Head count 2023 up 40.5% 17th Researchers (FTE) - % Female 31.7% 2023 up 13.0% 61st Individuals - internet use 98.2% 2025 up 8.4% 10th Individuals - frequency of internet use 97.5% 2025 up 10.1% 9th Patent applications to the EPO by country of applicants and inventors 4,724 Number 2025 up 23.1% 7th Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (FTE) 46.5% 2023 up 19.7% 38th Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (FTE) 48.0% 2023 up 12.7% 37th Share of female researchers by sector of performance 33.6% 2023 up 1.1% 39th Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies 1 patents 2023 down 66.7% 32nd Annual patents filed for electric vehicle technologies 1 patents 2025 down 96.7% 36th Heat pumps - ambient heat captured by technology and climate 19,358 Gigawatt-hour 2024 up 37.3% 4th Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) 44.9% 2023 down 5.1% 31st Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (FTE) 26.3% 2023 up 16.7% 39th National public funding to transnationally coordinated R&D 350.27 Million euro 2024 up 106.9% 8th Co-patenting at the EPO according to applicants'/inventors' country 2,445 Number 2013 down 0.8% 14th Patents related to recycling and secondary raw materials 3.72 Number 2021 down 49.1% 29th Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by international 264.24 Number 2013 down 27.5% 17th Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (FTE) 50.8% 2015 up 13.3% 19th Internet access by NACE Rev. 2 activity 99.9% 2025 up 1.8% 13th Proportion of population covered by at least a 5G mobile network 98.2% 2024 — 11th High-tech patent applications to the EPO by priority year 491.29 Number 2013 down 0.8% 13th Type of connections to the internet by NACE Rev. 2 activity 90.5% 2025 down 1.6% 28th Mobile broadband internet traffic 3.6 Exabyte 2023 up 666.0% 12th Broadband internet coverage by technology 1.6% 2025 down 98.4% 39th Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by institutional 753.4 Number 2012 down 60.5% 13th Triadic patent families by earliest priority year 159.28 Number 2012 down 71.4% 15th Persons who cannot afford internet connection for personal use at 0.8% 2025 down 33.3% 27th Persons not having internet connection for personal use at home for 2.5% 2025 down 74.0% 35th Persons not having internet connection for personal use at home for 2.5% 2025 down 74.0% 35th Patent cooperation treaty (PCT) applications designated to the EPO by 191.26 Number 2013 down 32.9% 16th High-tech exports - Exports of high technology products as a share of 12.0% 2022 down 6.9% 12th Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by NACE Rev. 2 12.99 Number 2013 down 19.9% 13th Internet purchases by individuals 80.1% 2025 up 10.0% 6th Financial activities over the internet 13.1% 2025 up 43.1% 18th Internet purchases by individuals 70.3% 2019 up 56.2% 5th Patent applications to the EPO by priority year and other typologies 830 Number 2012 up 46.9% 11th Internet purchases - goods or services 53.6% 2024 — 6th Patent applications to the EPO by priority year, international patent 85.45 Number 2012 down 43.2% 13th High-tech patent applications to the EPO by priority year and other 297.03 Number 2012 up 73.7% 7th Going Digital Toolkit - Data for the breakdown visualisations - part 2 Annual real value added growth 2018 up 504.0% 13th ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →