# Sweden Government Debt to GDP

Sweden Government Debt to GDP was 35.3% in Q2 2026, up 0.3 percentage points from Q1 2026 and up 1.5 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since Q1 2022.
Among the 38 economies Makrognosis covers on this measure, it is the 5th lowest.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 31.1% (Q3 2023) to 44.2% (Q2 2016), averaging 37.1%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `SE.GOVDEBT.Q.NSA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: % of GDP
- Coverage: 1996-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (122 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/sweden/government-debt-to-gdp

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 35.3% |
| Q1 2026 | 35.0% |
| Q4 2025 | 35.1% |
| Q3 2025 | 33.1% |
| Q2 2025 | 33.8% |
| Q1 2025 | 33.5% |
| Q4 2024 | 34.0% |
| Q3 2024 | 32.4% |
| Q2 2024 | 32.4% |
| Q1 2024 | 31.7% |
| Q4 2023 | 32.3% |
| Q3 2023 | 31.1% |
| Q2 2023 | 32.1% |
| Q1 2023 | 33.2% |
| Q4 2022 | 34.4% |
| Q3 2022 | 35.2% |
| Q2 2022 | 34.9% |
| Q1 2022 | 36.1% |
| Q4 2021 | 37.5% |
| Q3 2021 | 37.3% |
| Q2 2021 | 39.0% |
| Q1 2021 | 40.8% |
| Q4 2020 | 40.8% |
| Q3 2020 | 39.3% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/SE.GOVDEBT.Q.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/SE.GOVDEBT.Q.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```