Sweden
Internet users in Sweden
Internet users in Sweden: 0.6% in 1990 and 95.8% in 2025, by ITU estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 95.8%
- Since 1990
- +95.2 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 25 of 182
- counting from the highest
- World, 2025
- 73.6%
% of people · ITU
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Sweden | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 95.8 | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 95.5 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 95.7 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 95 | 67 |
| 2021 | 94.7 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 94.5 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 94.5 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 89.3 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 93 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 89.7 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 90.6 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 92.5 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 94.8 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 93.2 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 92.8 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 90 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 91 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 90 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 82 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 87.8 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 84.8 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 83.9 | – |
| 2003 | 79.1 | – |
| 2002 | 70.6 | – |
| 2001 | 51.8 | – |
| 2000 | 45.7 | – |
| 1999 | 41.4 | – |
| 1998 | 33.5 | – |
| 1997 | 23.7 | – |
| 1996 | 9 | – |
| 1995 | 5.1 | – |
| 1994 | 3.4 | – |
| 1993 | 1.7 | – |
| 1992 | 1.5 | – |
| 1991 | 1.2 | – |
| 1990 | 0.6 | – |
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending2.47% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$15B in 2025
- Military spending per person$1,549 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel15,000 people in 2020
- National power0.19% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.27% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports146 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports235 million TIV in 2025