Government surplus or deficit, share of GDP: Sweden vs Denmark

Sweden: -1.3 % (2025). Denmark: 2.9 % (2025).

Government surplus or deficit, share of GDP in Sweden and Denmark, side by side from the same Eurostat series.

SwedenDenmark
Latest figure-1.3 %2.9 %
EU rank6 / 272 / 27
Change, 1 year+0.2 %-1.6 %
Change, 5 years+1.9 %+2.5 %

Shared periods

PeriodSwedenDenmarkGap
2025-1.3 %2.9 %-4.2 %
2024-1.5 %4.5 %-6.0 %
2023-0.9 %3.4 %-4.3 %
20221.0 %3.4 %-2.4 %
2021-0.2 %4.1 %-4.3 %
2020-3.2 %0.4 %-3.6 %
20190.4 %4.3 %-3.9 %
20180.7 %0.8 %-0.1 %
20171.3 %1.7 %-0.4 %
20160.8 %0.3 %+0.5 %

Source: Eurostat, read into our register. Eurostat gov_10dd_edpt1

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