Balance of Payments (BoP)

Upcoming publishing: 2025-12-12

This statistical data covers real and cross-border financial transactions. Balance of payments is divided into the current account, the capital account and the financial account. The international investment position shows a country's total net debt.

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The Riksbank

 

Coordination Balance of Payments and National Accounts

Export and import figures may differ in Statistics Sweden’s various statistical products in the Balance of Payments and the National Accounts. Estimates of foreign trade in services published as part of the Balance of Payments and the National Accounts may differ from the values published in the survey on foreign trade in services.

Work is underway to increase consistency between the real as well as the financial parts of the balance of payments and financial accounts.

Key figures for Sweden

Current Account

93.2

SEK billion

Reference period: 3rd quarter 2025

Financial Account

155.8

SEK billion

Reference period: 3rd quarter 2025

International Investment Position

3 824.4

SEK billion

Reference period: 3rd quarter 2025

Statistical news

Swedish portfolio investments abroad continue to increase

2025-12-04

During the third quarter of 2025, the current account surplus amounts to SEK 93.2 billion, an increase of SEK 5.1 billion compared to the third quarter of 2024. At the same time, the financial account showed net lending of SEK 155.8 billion, with portfolio investments being the strongest contributing factor.

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Tables and graphs

Tables in the Statistical Database

Publications

Title Language Type Date
Balance of payments 2016 Swedish with elements of English Report 2017-03-01
Balance of payments 2016 Swedish with elements of English Report 2017-02-23
Direct Investment 2015 Swedish with elements of English Report 2016-12-12
Direct Investment 2015 Swedish with elements of English Report 2016-12-12

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