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21/07/2022 by

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Sweden

Country context

  • GDP per capita: 60 150 USD (2021)
  • Government debt: 58.7% of GDP (2021)
  • Population: 10.4 million (2020)
  • General government investment: 19% of GFCF (2020)
  • Subnational direct investment: 50.3% of general government (2019)
  • Infrastructure quality: 84/100 (2019)
  • Internet access: 93.2% of all households (2021)
  • Air and GHG emissions: 3.1t CO2 emissions/capita (2020)
  • Energy Transition Index: 89/100 (2021)

Source: OECD and World Economic Forum

Sweden data

Transparent, systematic and effective stakeholder participation

Coherent, predictable, and efficient regulatory framework

Whole-of-government approach to manage threats to integrity

Evidence-informed decision making

Strengthen critical infrastructure resilience

Ensuring asset performance throughout its life

Environmentally sustainable and climate-resilient infrastructure

Consistency of country performance in each pillar

Good infrastructure governance requires improvements across different dimensions. Preferably, countries should make progress in all dimensions involved in each of the pillars. Consistency is measured using the coefficient of variation; pay particular attention to pillars with low consistency as they may require more nuanced analysis.

  • Low
  • High

Case studies

  • Virtual Gothenburg – Gothenburg’s Digital Twin

Related publications

  • Proposal National plan for Transport Infrastructure 2022-2033
  • Sweden’s Recovery Plan (2022)
  • Fostering Effective Energy Transition, World Economic Forum (2021)
  • ITF Transport Outlook 2021
  • Budgetary Governance in Practice: Sweden

Links to useful data

  • 2022 OECD Governance of Infrastructure Dataset
  • 2018 OECD Governance of Capital Budgeting and Infrastructure Dataset
  • Sweden – Country Overview, InfraCompass, Global Infrastructure Hub
  • Country profile of Sweden, OECD
  • World Observatory on Subnational Government Finance and Investment, Sweden

Relevant public institutions

  • Ministry of Infrastructure
  • Ministry of Finance
  • Swedish Transport Administration

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