Australia vs Sweden

Australia vs Sweden: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2025: 2% a year in Australia and 1.4% a year in Sweden, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by 0.6 percentage points, or 1.42 times that in Sweden.

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% a year · IMF

Australia vs Sweden: GDP growthGDP growth in 2025: 2% a year in Australia and 1.4% a year in Sweden, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by 0.6 percentage points, or 1.42 times that in Sweden.
AustraliaSwedenIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Australia has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Sweden.
  • In 2025, Australia ranked 103 and Sweden ranked 114 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Australia at 2.2% a year and Sweden at 1.8% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearAustraliaSweden
202521.4
202412
20232.1-0.2
20224.21.3
20215.45.2
2020-2-1.9
201922.6
20182.81.8
20172.41.9
20162.72.1
20152.34.4
20142.62.3
20132.21.1
20123.9-0.4
20112.83.2
20102.45.8
20092-4.3
20082.7-0.9
20074.43.2
20062.64.7
200532.8
20044.14.2
200331.9
20024.12.3
20012.61.4
20003.14.6
19994.44.2
19984.74.2
19974.73.1
199641.7
199534.1
19944.94
19933.9-1.8
19922.6-1.1
1991-1-1.1
19901.50.5
19894.62.6
19884.32.5
19874.93.4
19862.43.1
19855.52.3
19846.34.3
1983-0.52
19820.11.4
19814.14.5
19802.94.6
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearAustraliaSweden
20261.92.5
20271.62.2
20281.82.1
202921.9
20302.11.8
20312.21.8

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Good to know

  • How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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