Facts & statistics

The European Commission’s annual innovation report places Sweden as the EU’s top innovation leader, with Stockholm recognized as the most innovative region in Europe.

This quarterly report provides an overview of the rapidly changing electrification landscape. Highlights include connectivity and cybersecurity challenges, as well as current key obstacles and road to heavy duty electrification.

Published 2025

Sweden ranks as one of the world’s most innovative countries. This report gives an overview of the state of the Swedish Tech Ecosystem for the years 2024/2025.

Published 2025

The yearly ‘Global Risks Report’ from the World Economic Forum reveals an increasingly fractured global landscape, where escalating geopolitical, environmental, societal and technological challenges threaten stability and progress.

Published 2025

This report, published by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, provides an overview of the flows of plastic raw materials, plastic-containing products, and plastic waste in Sweden in 2023.

Published in 2025

In this report, the Swedish Energy Agency outlines its prioritise­d initiative­s for research and innovation in the energy sector for the period 2025-2028.

Published 2024

The report aims to demonstrate how strategic foresight can strengthen Sweden’s innovation capacity and contribute to the country’s leadership in sustainable transformation.

Published 2024

This study outlines five key opportunities for Sweden in the green transition and presents a roadmap for maximising impact in four geographic regions.

Published 2023

The report set out a narrow but feasible pathway for the global energy sector to contribute to the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting the rise in global temperatures to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels.

Updated 2023

This report gives a summary of how a transition towards a more sustainable blue economy can happen in Sweden and thereby contribute to a more sustainable development outside of Sweden.

Published 2023

BCG has looked at the abatement potential and marginal abatement cost of individual solutions, their technology maturity, and the investments required to implement them. Based on that analysis, a pathway to reach net zero in the region by 2050 has been determined. Below you can read more about green business opportunities in the Nordics.

Published 2022

In the yearly ‘Global Risks Report’, the World Economic Forum determines that the climate crisis continues to be the most serious global risk long term.

Published 2022

This special report is the world’s first comprehensive study of how to transition to a net zero energy system by 2050 while ensuring stable and affordable energy supplies, providing universal energy access, and enabling robust economic growth.

Published 2021

A study from Elforsk shows that biogas and hydrogen have big potential in the transition to a climate-neutral Swedish energy system. The study also shows that new gas infrastructure can unburden the power grids.

Published 2021

Environmental problems from one time use plastic bottles are many, which is why considerations are needed. These are the conclusions in this report from IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute.

Published 2020

This report addresses investors within the cleantech sector. It contains an overview of the market, describing the opportunities in the Swedish sector.