Income per Person (GDP per capita, PPP) in Sweden: 1800 to Today (and Tomorrow)

At MYRIAD, we examine the statistics of human lives to understand the tangible texture of existence. Income per person, measured as GDP per capita in purchasing power parity using 2017 international dollars, is a direct statistical fact about the average yearly economic output available in Sweden. Every value tells a story of the resources, choices, and material realities of the lives actually lived there across three centuries.

The historical arc of this economic data shows a long, steady transformation. In the 1800s estimate, the average stood at 2,306, creeping upward through the 1810s estimate at 2,620, the 1820s estimate at 2,933, the 1830s estimate at 3,247, the 1840s estimate at 3,561, the 1850s estimate at 3,875, the 1860s estimate at 4,188, the 1870s estimate at 4,502, the 1880s estimate at 4,816, and the 1890s estimate at 5,130. By 1900 it was 5,444, continuing through the 1910s estimate at 6,128, the 1920s estimate at 6,812, the 1930s estimate at 7,497, the 1940s estimate at 8,181, and the 1950s at 8,865. The pace accelerated later in the 1960s at 13,409, the 1970s at 17,952, the 1980s at 22,495, the 1990s at 29,188, the 2000s at 35,881, and the 2010s at 45,241.

For someone born in Sweden, the era you inhabit defines the baseline of your material world. In the 2020s, income per person stands at 54,600 intl-$ — ranking #10 of 157 countries. Looking ahead, the trajectory continues into the 2030s projection at 62,790, the 2040s projection at 72,209, the 2050s projection at 83,040, the 2060s projection at 95,496, the 2070s projection at 109,820, the 2080s projection at 126,293, the 2090s projection at 145,237, and the 2100s projection at 150,000.

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