Human resources in science and technology (HRST) by category, NUTS 1 in Sweden
Sweden: Human resources in science and technology (HRST) by category, NUTS 1 was 3,915 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Human resources in science and technology (HRST) by category, NUTS 1 in Sweden, 1999–2025
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
In 2025, human resources in science and technology (hrst) by category, nuts 1 in Sweden stood at 3,915. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 25.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, human resources in science and technology (hrst) by category, nuts 1 in Sweden peaked at 3,915 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,048, in 1999.
Sweden ranks 8th of 35 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Human resources in science and technology (HRST) by category, NUTS 1 in Sweden, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2,048 | — |
| 2000 | 2,154 | +5.2% |
| 2001 | 2,103 | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 2,129 | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 2,172 | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 2,214 | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 2,277 | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 2,369 | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 2,428 | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 2,478 | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 2,524 | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 2,600 | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 2,713 | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 2,794 | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 2,890 | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 3,014 | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 3,114 | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 3,244 | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 3,348 | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 3,465 | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 3,535 | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 3,621 | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 3,644 | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 3,741 | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 3,846 | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 3,875 | +0.8% |
| 2025 | 3,915 | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,048 | 2,048 | 2,048 | 1 |
| 2000s | 2,285 | 2,103 | 2,524 | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,072 | 2,600 | 3,535 | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,774 | 3,621 | 3,915 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
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- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 140.69 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 1.41 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 14.92 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 36.34 units per square kilometre (2023)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is human resources in science and technology (hrst) by category, nuts 1 in Sweden?
- Human resources in science and technology (hrst) by category, nuts 1 in Sweden was 3,915 in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest human resources in science and technology (hrst) by category, nuts 1 recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 3,915 in 2025.
- What is the lowest human resources in science and technology (hrst) by category, nuts 1 recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,048 in 1999.
- How does Sweden rank for human resources in science and technology (hrst) by category, nuts 1?
- Sweden ranks 8th out of 35 countries with data for 2025.
- Is human resources in science and technology (hrst) by category, nuts 1 rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Human resources in science and technology (HRST) by category, NUTS 1 region and age. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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