2025.08.2906:31:36UTC+00Sweden Q2 GDP Growth Revised Higher

In the second quarter of 2025, the Swedish economy experienced a quarter-on-quarter growth of 0.5%, surpassing the initial projection of 0.1% and outperforming market expectations of a 0.3% increase. This marks a recovery from the 0.2% contraction observed in the first quarter. This growth was largely driven by a significant upturn in fixed investments, which increased by 1.7% compared to the previous quarter's decline of 2.8%. Additionally, household consumption and government spending contributed positively, with increases of 0.4% and 0.2% respectively, consistent with the prior quarter's figures. Despite these gains, net trade posed a challenge to the economy as the growth in exports, at 0.7%, was overshadowed by a larger increase in imports, which rose by 3.1%. On an annual basis, Sweden's GDP rose by 1.4%, outperforming the initial estimate of a 0.9% increase and exceeding market predictions of a 1.2% growth. This follows a downwardly revised growth of 0.6% in the preceding quarter.