🇸🇪 Sweden Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇸🇪 Sweden SE / SWE #55

Nomad Score 63.0

Cities 22

Region European Union, Scandinavia, Nordic Countries, Arctic Circle, Tech Startup Ecosystems, Remote Work Friendly Countries, Coworking Hotspots, Europe, Europe, Northern Europe

Currency SEK

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 80/100

Press Freedom (2025) 88.1/100 #4

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.889

HDI 0.959

Regional Blocs EU

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 73th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 93th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 98th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 95th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 95th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 97th pct

Source: World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). Percentile rank among all countries (0=lowest, 100=highest).

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2023) 1.2/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 3.1/100k

Military Spending (2024) 2.0% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy

Title	Name
Monarchy of Sweden	Carl XVI Gustaf
Speaker of the Riksdag	Andreas Norlén

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 80 / 100

Interpretation Low corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 88.1 / 100

Global Rank #4 / 180

Rank Change -1 vs previous year

RSF Zone UE Balkans

Political #5 90.1

Economic #3 82.7

Legal #2 90.0

Social #9 85.0

Safety #18 92.9

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.889

Liberal 0.853

Participatory 0.635

Deliberative 0.817

Egalitarian 0.802

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	88.1	4	90.1	82.7	90.0	85.0	92.9
2024	88.3	3	91.0	85.5	90.2	82.8	92.1
2023	88.2	4	92.6	86.1	88.7	88.6	84.7
2022	88.8	3	92.0	87.7	90.3	90.2	84.1
2021	92.8	3	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	90.8	4	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	91.7	3	-	-	-	-	55.0
2018	91.7	2	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	91.7	2	-	-	-	-	89.0
2016	87.7	8	-	-	-	-	38.1
2015	90.5	5	-	-	-	-	100.0
2014	91.0	10	-	-	-	-	-
2013	90.8	10	-	-	-	-	-
2012	-5.5	12	-	-	-	-	-
2010	0.0	5	-	-	-	-	-
2009	0.0	1	-	-	-	-	-
2008	3.0	7	-	-	-	-	-
2007	1.5	5	-	-	-	-	-
2006	4.0	15	-	-	-	-	-
2005	2.0	12	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index

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