Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Sweden
Sweden: Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) was 97.4% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Sweden, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 97.4% for starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Sweden peaked at 97.4% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 90.4%, in 2003.
That places Sweden 166th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Sweden, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 90.4% | — |
| 2004 | 90.8% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 91.3% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 91.6% | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 92.2% | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 92.4% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 92.9% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 96.3% | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 96.5% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 96.7% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 96.7% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 96.8% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 97.0% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 97.1% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 97.2% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 97.3% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 97.4% | +0.1% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 97.4% is below the median for high income countries, which is 100.0%, 97% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 97.4% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 100.0%, 97% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 91.6% | 90.4% | 92.9% | 7 |
| 2010s | 96.9% | 96.3% | 97.4% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More private sector data for Sweden
- Merchandise trade 61.2% (2025)
- Food imports 11.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 68.5% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 200.98 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 6.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 72.6% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 208.33 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 19,660 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3114 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.47 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Sweden?
- Starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Sweden was 97.4% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 97.4% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 90.4% in 2003.
- How does Sweden rank for starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita)?
- Sweden ranks 166th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for the paid-in minimum capital requirement benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.