Archive:Europe 2020 indicators - Sweden
- Data from October 2014. Most recent data: Further Eurostat information, Main tables.
This article is part of a set of statistical articles based on the Eurostat publication Smarter, greener, more inclusive? - Indicators to support the Europe 2020 strategy. It provides recent statistics on the Europe 2020 strategy of the European Union (EU), focusing on the situation in Sweden.
Main statistical findings
With 48.3 % of its population aged 30 to 34 years having attained tertiary education in 2013, Sweden exceeded its national 2020 target by 8.3 percentage points. The country also surpassed its target on early leavers from education and training by 2.9 percentage points. Despite the slight deterioration in the labour market situation as a result of the economic crisis, Sweden had the highest employment rate in the EU in 2013 and was second closest to its target among the EU countries (after Germany). In 2012, Sweden also surpassed its renewable energies target by increasing the share of renewables in gross final energy consumption to 51 % – by far the best performance in the EU. Despite having the second highest R & D intensity across the EU (after Finland), a 0.59 percentage point gap remains to be closed to meet the national 2020 target of spending 4 % of GDP on R&D. Similarly, the country remained above its GHG emissions target of a 17 % reduction, with a gap of 2.3 percentage points to be closed by 2020.
Data sources and availability
More information about the origin of the data and the calculation of indicators can be obtained via the Europe 2020 indicators dedicated website.
Under 'Tables', click on the icons next to the indicators:
- 'Explanatory texts (metadata)' for a detailed overview of the collection and compilation methods;
- 'Information on the leaf' for data availability per country.
A more general overview of quality procedures can be found in Implementation of standard reference metadata for indicators - the ESMS Indicator Profile (ESMS-IP) (PDF file).
See also
Further Eurostat information
Publications
- Smarter, greener, more inclusive - indicators to support the Europe 2020 strategy (online publication, also downloadable as PDF file)
Main tables
Dedicated section
Methodology / Metadata
- Towards robust quality management for European Statistics - Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council COM(2011) 211 final.
Other information
- Regulation 223/2009 of 11 March 2009 on European statistics