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In Sweden, seven million people counts as upper class or above, earning at least the equivalent of the highest 10 percent of global income earners as of 2022 in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Meanwhile, the share was highest in Norway, and lowest in Finland. The countries are among the ones with the highest gross domestic product (GDP) per capita worldwide.

Sweden SE: Imports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Imports: Outside Region data was reported at 14.413 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 15.513 % for 2015. Sweden SE: Imports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Imports: Outside Region data is updated yearly, averaging 7.983 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 17.156 % in 2014 and a record low of 4.659 % in 1987. Sweden SE: Imports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Imports: Outside Region data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sweden – Table SE.World Bank.WDI: Imports. Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions 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.; ; World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.; Weighted average;

Sweden SE: Imports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Imports: Middle East & North Africa data was reported at 0.255 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.129 % for 2015. Sweden SE: Imports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Imports: Middle East & North Africa data is updated yearly, averaging 0.770 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.329 % in 1982 and a record low of 0.129 % in 2015. Sweden SE: Imports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Imports: Middle East & North Africa data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sweden – Table SE.World Bank.WDI: Imports. Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa region 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.; ; World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.; Weighted average;

Sweden SE: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Europe & Central Asia data was reported at 3.286 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 3.289 % for 2015. Sweden SE: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Europe & Central Asia data is updated yearly, averaging 0.836 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.853 % in 2011 and a record low of 0.497 % in 1964. Sweden SE: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Europe & Central Asia data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sweden – Table SE.World Bank: Exports. Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.; ; World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.; Weighted average;

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in Sweden was reported at 1.0061 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Sweden - Merchandise imports from developing economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on June of 2025.

Sweden SE: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Middle East & North Africa data was reported at 1.681 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.690 % for 2015. Sweden SE: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Middle East & North Africa data is updated yearly, averaging 1.621 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.252 % in 1981 and a record low of 1.042 % in 1996. Sweden SE: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Middle East & North Africa data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sweden – Table SE.World Bank: Exports. Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.; ; World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.; Weighted average;

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports) in Sweden was reported at 0.81948 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Sweden - Merchandise imports from developing economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Sweden SE: Imports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Imports: Sub-Saharan Africa data was reported at 0.680 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.801 % for 2015. Sweden SE: Imports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Imports: Sub-Saharan Africa data is updated yearly, averaging 0.808 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.486 % in 1980 and a record low of 0.195 % in 1999. Sweden SE: Imports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Imports: Sub-Saharan Africa data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sweden – Table SE.World Bank: Imports. Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan Africa region 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.; ; World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.; Weighted average;

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in Sweden was reported at 1.2954 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Sweden - Merchandise imports from developing economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in Sweden was reported at 0.42408 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Sweden - Merchandise imports from developing economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports) in Sweden was reported at 1.7605 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Sweden - Merchandise exports to developing economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports) in Sweden was reported at 4.8129 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Sweden - Merchandise exports to developing economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

The 50 computerized transcription files contained in this first release of the Swedish corpus relate to the project 'Database oriented studies of Swedish child language development', in which the language development in four monolingual Swedish children is analysed. The four children under study grow up in middle-class families on the west coast of Sweden. The families speak standard Swedish with a modest touch of the regional variant. The recorded material relates to a wide range of activity types: everyday activities in the home (such as meals, bedtime procedures, cooking, washing, etc.); free play; story telling; as well as adult-child interaction; child-child interaction; and soliloquy.

This survey is the Swedish part of the 1999 'International Social Survey Program'. ISSP is an ongoing program of cross-national collaboration. Formed in 1984, the group develops topical modules dealing with important areas of social science as supplements to regular national surveys.

The topic of 1999 was 'Social inequality'. In this survey the respondents had to give their opinions on equality of income, wealth, and opportunity. Respondents were asked to give an estimate of average monthly income of selected occupational groups and inform on a justified income for the members of these occupational groups from the point of view of the respondent. The respondents also had to give their judgement on total taxation for recipients of high, middle and low income. Other questions dealt with perceived social conflicts in the country; different criterias for establishing work pay; attitudes towards people receiveing different kinds of social benefits. Socio-economic background information include occupation, trade union affiliation, education, housing, income, marital status, spouse's occupation, income, number of children, citizenship of parents, and political preferences.

Purpose:

ISSP aims to design and implement internationally comparable attitude surveys. The study in 1999 investigating Social Inequality.

Sweden SE: Imports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Imports: South Asia data was reported at 0.988 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.970 % for 2015. Sweden SE: Imports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Imports: South Asia data is updated yearly, averaging 0.408 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.988 % in 2016 and a record low of 0.286 % in 1975. Sweden SE: Imports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Imports: South Asia data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sweden – Table SE.World Bank: Imports. Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the South Asia region 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.; ; World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.; Weighted average;

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports) in Sweden was reported at 0.90495 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Sweden - Merchandise exports to developing economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Sweden SE: Imports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Imports: Latin America & The Caribbean data was reported at 1.001 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.142 % for 2015. Sweden SE: Imports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Imports: Latin America & The Caribbean data is updated yearly, averaging 1.852 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.343 % in 1964 and a record low of 0.972 % in 1996. Sweden SE: Imports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Imports: Latin America & The Caribbean data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sweden – Table SE.World Bank.WDI: Imports. Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean region 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.; ; World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.; Weighted average;

Sweden SE: Imports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Imports: East Asia & Pacific data was reported at 7.172 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 7.534 % for 2015. Sweden SE: Imports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Imports: East Asia & Pacific data is updated yearly, averaging 1.243 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7.534 % in 2015 and a record low of 0.590 % in 1962. Sweden SE: Imports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Imports: East Asia & Pacific data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sweden – Table SE.World Bank.WDI: Imports. Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia and Pacific are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the East Asia and Pacific region 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.; ; World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.; Weighted average;

Sweden SE: Imports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Imports: Europe & Central Asia data was reported at 4.316 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 4.937 % for 2015. Sweden SE: Imports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Imports: Europe & Central Asia data is updated yearly, averaging 0.562 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7.128 % in 2011 and a record low of 0.289 % in 1960. Sweden SE: Imports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Imports: Europe & Central Asia data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sweden – Table SE.World Bank.WDI: Imports. Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia region 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.; ; World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.; Weighted average;