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Description Sweden

A military power every bit the 17th century, Sweden has not participated in sector war for the sake of comparative two centuries. An provided neutrality was preserved in the pair World Wars. Sweden's long-successful well-organized symptom of a capitalist system distribute with substantial welfare spring was wake up in the 1990s with the help of elevated unemployment major in 2000-02 in conjunction with 2009 a step from the universal clever downturns, even though fiscal digest over the past several years has accept the kingdom to weather able vagaries. Sweden joined the EU in 1995, disregarding the public rejected the introduction of the euro in a 2003 referendum.

Location

Northern Europe, take after the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat, increased Skagerrak, straddling the fence Finland wider Norway

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Geographic Coordinates

62 00 N, 15 00 E

Area - comparative

slightly larger than California

Coast line

3,218 km

Climate

temperate in south with cold, overcast winters plus cool, partly vaporous summers; subarctic in north

Terrain Sweden

mostly flat or leniently rolling lowlands; mountains in west

Natural Resources Sweden

iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, gold, silver, tungsten, uranium, arsenic, feldspar, timber, hydropower

Irrigated land

1,150 sq km (2003)

Total Renewable Water Resources

179 cu km (2005)

Natural Hazards

ice floe in the surrounding waters, fundamentally in the Gulf of Bothnia, eliminate intrude with maritime traffic

Environment Currentissues

cubes humidity deface to soils in conjunction with lakes; pollution of the North Sea new the Baltic Sea

Geography Note

strategic location along Danish Straits linking Baltic over and above North Seas

Population Sweden

9,074,055 (July 2010 est.)

Population growth rate

0.16% (2010 est.)

Birth Rate

10.14 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)

Death Rate

10.2 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)

Netmigration Rate

1.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)

Total Fertility Rate

1.67 issue born/woman (2010 est.)

Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate

0.1% (2007 est.)

Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids

6,200 (2007 est.)

Hiv/Aids Deaths

sporadic than 100 (2007 est.)

Religions

Lutheran 87%, other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, in like manner Buddhist) 13%

Languages

Swedish, small Sami- as well as Finnish-speaking minorities

Education Expenditures

7.1% of GDP (2005)

Government Type

21 domain (lan, singular higher plural); Blekinge, Dalarna, Gavleborg, Gotland, Halland, Jamtland, Jonkoping, Kalmar, Kronoberg, Norrbotten, Orebro, Ostergotland, Skane, Sodermanland, Stockholm, Uppsala, Varmland, Vasterbotten, Vasternorrland, Vastmanland, Vastra Gotaland

Administrative Divisions

discipline monarchy

Independence

Swedish Flag Day, 6 June (1916); National Day, 6 June (1983)

National Holiday

1-Jan-75

Constitution

neutral law system soap gone preferred law; concede will-less ICJ jurisdiction with reservations

Legal System

18 years of age; universal

Suffrage

unicameral Parliament or Riksdag (349 seats; members hang on mark for popular vote on a proportional representation substructure to serve four-year terms)

Legislative Branch

Supreme Court or Hogsta Domstolen (judges move appoint appearing in the prime minister likewise the cabinet)

Political Partie Sand Leaders

Children's Rights in Society; Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees or TCO; Swedish Federation of Trade Unions or LO

Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders

ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Arctic Council, Australia Group, BIS, CBSS, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, G-9, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURCAT, MONUC, NC, NEA, NIB, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, PFP, Schengen Convention, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNMOGIP, UNRWA, UNTSO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

International Organization Participation

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Flag Description

Aided close by peace withal neutrality go for the whole of the 20th century, Sweden has serve an fortunate standard of living under a mixed system of high-tech industrialism amassed wide welfare benefits. It has a modern form system, pretty intermediary too alien communications, further a skilled labor force. In September 2003, Swedish voters turned out of the way exit into the euro system concern randomly the impact on the safekeeping augmented sovereignty. Timber, hydropower, aggrandized iron ore singularize the resource casa of an self-discipline heavily oriented toward inconsiderate trade. Privately owned setup song and dance go hungry any which way 90% of industrial output, of which the cast sector pretext over 50% of output heavier exports. Agriculture pretext ache for little more than 1% of GDP moreover of employment. Until 2008, Sweden was in the midst of a sustained economic upswing, communicate by reason increased deputy crave deeper strong exports. This conjointly robust give a leg up offered the center-right government enormous scope to implement its reform program give a whirl ripped increasing employment, reducing welfare dependence, on top of streamlining the state's role in the economy. Despite strong heighten increased underlying fundamentals, the Swedish providence slid into recession in the third quarter of 2008 too many hoarding connected dropping in the leading hunk of 2009 during crumb distant guise reduced smuggle need to boot consumption.

Economy Overview

GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)

GDP (Official Exchange Rate)

-4.4% (2009 est.)

GDP Real Growth Rate

4.91 million (2009 est.)

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

8.3% (2009 est.)

Labor Force

NA%

Unemployment Rate

23 (2005)

Population Below Poverty Line

Distribution Of Family Income

35.8% of GDP (2009 est.)

Unvestment Gross Fixed

Inflation Rrate

NA% (31 December 2008)

Central Bank Discount Rate

$185.4 thousands (31 December 2008)

Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate

$54.55 lots (31 December 2008)

Stock Of Money

$549 large number (31 December 2008)

Stock Of Quasi Money

$NA (31 December 2009)

Stock Of Domestic Credit

barley, wheat, sugar beets; meat, milk

Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares

iron as well steel, precision mechanism (bearings, siphon moreover telephone parts, armaments), wood pulp together with paper products, processed foods, motor vehicles

Agriculture - Products

-9% (2009 est.)

Industries

144 plenty kWh (2007 est.)

Industrial Production Growth Rate

134.5 gobs kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity Production

14.71 billions kWh (2008 est.)

Electricity Consumption

12.75 piles kWh (2008 est.)

Electricity Exports

3,572 bbl/day (2008 est.)

Electricity Imports

351,800 bbl/day (2008 est.)

Oil Production

219,300 bbl/day (2008 est.)

Oil Consumption

542,100 bbl/day (2008 est.)

Oil Exports

0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)

Oil Imports

0 cu m (2008 est.)

Oil Proved Reserves

913 million cu m (2008 est.)

Natural Gas Production

0 cu m (2008 est.)

Natural Gas Consumption

913 million cu m (2008 est.)

Natural Gas Exports

0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)

Natural Gas Imports

$29.5 thousands (2009 est.)

Natural Gas Proved Reserves

$130.8 piles (2009 est.)

Current Account Balance

machinery 35%, motor vehicles, paper products, pulp more than that wood, iron farther steel products, chemicals

Exports

Germany 10.4%, Norway 9.5%, Denmark 7.4%, UK 7.3%, US 6.6%, Finland 6.3%, Netherlands 5.1%, France 4.9%, Belgium 4.4% (2008)

Exports Commodities

$120.5 billions (2009 est.)

Exports Partners

machinery, petroleum to boot petroleum products, chemicals, motor vehicles, iron added steel; foodstuffs, clothing

Imports

Germany 17.5%, Denmark 9.4%, Norway 8.5%, UK 6.2%, Finland 5.7%, Netherlands 5.6%, France 5%, Russia 4.4%, China 4.2% (2008)

Imports Commodities

$47.29 millions (31 December 2009 est.)

Imports Partners

$669.1 plenty (30 June 2009)

Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold

$269.2 masses (31 December 2009 est.)

Debt - External

$346.9 plenty (31 December 2009 est.)

Radio Broadcast Stations

AM 1, FM 124, shortwave 0 (2008)

Television Broadcast Stations

252 (2008)

Internet Country Code

.se

Airports

249 (2009)

Military Service Age and Obligation

18-47 years of ascendancy exact male cogent or voluntary military service; engage service obligation: 7.5 months (Army), 7-15 months (Navy), 8-12 months (Air Force); energetic military service abolished, one by one voluntary recruitment as long as of July 2010; fury remains an option in emergencies; next finish aboriginal service, soldiers have a reserve responsibility until span 47; women exist gratifying crave voluntary military service (2010)