Industry Economics & Competitiveness in Sweden
Track Sweden's manufacturing competitiveness with monthly reports — benchmarked against 33 countries across 7 industries
Sweden's manufacturing competitiveness reflects a distinctive mix of scale, natural-resource endowment, and regional trade integration — weighed against structural frictions in logistics, the fiscal environment, and macroeconomic conditions.
Every month, the Intratec Industry Economics & Competitiveness in Sweden report delivers a structured view of the country's manufacturing competitiveness, tracking how its position shifts month to month:
- Sweden's Overall Competitiveness Ranking
- Sweden's Competitiveness Ranking per Industry
- Operating Environment Drivers
- Industry-Specific Economics
- Recent Movements & Historical Trends
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What this Report Covers
Industries frame the analysis, pillars drive each ranking, and reference datasets extend the picture with practical inputs.
Sweden Competitiveness Across 7 Industries
The Sweden report includes 7 industry-specific rankings, showing how competitive the country is for commodity manufacturing in each sector.
Inside the Pillars of Competitiveness
Behind every ranking sits a set of pillars — the structural and economic forces that determine a country's competitiveness.
Manufacturing Labor Costs
What an hour of manufacturing labor really costs — wages plus benefits and taxes, adjusted by workforce productivity.
Construction Labor Costs
The same hourly-cost view, applied to construction and installation workers.
Capital & Construction Costs
How competitive the country is for building industrial plants, based on relative construction cost factors for materials, labor, taxes, freight, and local execution conditions.
Energy & Utilities Costs
What industrial users pay for electricity, natural gas, steam, water, and other process utilities.
Logistics & Infrastructure
How well the country moves goods and supports manufacturing — ports, roads, rail, utility infrastructure, and investment.
Freight Costs
What it costs to move freight in and out of the country — maritime and inland, import and export.
Macroeconomic Environment
The financial climate manufacturers operate in — currency stability, inflation, and interest rates.
Domestic Tax Environment
The tax burden on manufacturing operations — corporate income tax and indirect taxes.
Commodity Prices
Local USD prices for industrial commodities across all seven industries — lower prices mean a stronger cost position.
Feedstock-to-Product Margins
The spread between product prices and feedstock costs — the operating margin environment, industry by industry.
Industrial Production
How much each industry actually manufactures in the country, benchmarked against the program.
Global Trade Integration
Exports, imports, and net trade position for each industry.
Tariff Protection & Market Access
The tariff rates each industry faces, on imports into the country and on exports abroad.
Domestic Market Size
How big the domestic market is for each industry's products.
Reference Datasets
Give analysts a consistent data layer to keep feasibility studies, cost comparisons, and investment decisions anchored in current market conditions.
Industrial Utility Costs
Plant Construction Indexes & Location Factors
Update a past plant cost to today's value — or to what it would be in another country.
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Labor Costs & Productivity Factors
See the true employer cost of a worker — in any country.
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Up-to-Date Reports & Datasets
A new PDF report at the beginning of every month, with the latest data on Sweden.
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