Sweden vs Upper middle income: Merchandise imports from high-income economies
Merchandise imports from high-income economies over time
- Sweden
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 88.8% against 61.7% in Upper middle income, a difference of 27.1%.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.4 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.
Sweden ranks 16th and Upper middle income ranks 18th of 206 countries.
Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sweden | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 91.5% | 87.5% | 4.1% | Sweden |
| 1970s | 92.0% | 86.2% | 5.8% | Sweden |
| 1980s | 93.1% | 83.6% | 9.5% | Sweden |
| 1990s | 94.4% | 85.3% | 9.2% | Sweden |
| 2000s | 91.8% | 75.6% | 16.3% | Sweden |
| 2010s | 88.9% | 66.1% | 22.8% | Sweden |
| 2020s | 88.0% | 62.6% | 25.4% | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher merchandise imports from high-income economies, Sweden or Upper middle income?
- Sweden, at 88.8% against 61.7% in Upper middle income as of 2023.
- What is the difference in merchandise imports from high-income economies between Sweden and Upper middle income?
- 27.1%, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and Upper middle income?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do Sweden and Upper middle income rank globally for merchandise imports from high-income economies?
- Sweden ranks 16th and Upper middle income ranks 18th of 206 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Merchandise imports from high-income economies are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.