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Sweden
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- Currency
- SEK
- 2026-09-30
- Average gross annual salary (full-time adjusted)
- €46,525 / year
- 2024
- HICP inflation (annual rate)
- 0.3%
- 2026-08
- Employment income tax: standard structure
- Progressive
- 2026-09-30
- Government debt / GDP
- 34.9%
- 2026-Q1 · provisional
- Unemployment (seasonally adjusted)
- 8.7%
- 2026-07
Data definitions and sources
Data reused from the TAXpedia comparator with their reference periods. This profile reuses existing sources and does not add a new fiscal verification.
- Currency: SEK Source
- Average gross annual salary (full-time adjusted): Average gross annual salary per employee, full-time adjusted. Not disposable income, median income or average income of all residents. Nominal euros, not purchasing-power adjusted. Source
- HICP inflation (annual rate): All-items HICP: percentage change against the same month of the previous year; not annual-average or month-on-month inflation. Source
- Employment income tax: standard structure: Summary of standard statutory rates on residents’ employment income. Does not describe the entire tax system, social contributions, effective burdens or special regimes. Flat rates may coexist with allowances and exemptions. Source
- Government debt / GDP: Consolidated general government gross debt at quarter-end as a percentage of GDP. Provisional data. Source
- Unemployment (seasonally adjusted): Total ILO unemployment rate, ages 15–74, seasonally adjusted. Source
Personal income taxation
Sweden · Progressive
Summary of standard statutory rates on residents’ employment income. Does not describe the entire tax system, social contributions, effective burdens or special regimes. Flat rates may coexist with allowances and exemptions.
Classification source · 2026-09-30
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