Archive:Europe 2020 indicators - Sweden
- Data from June 2014. Most recent data: Further Eurostat information, Main tables. Planned article update: August 2017.
This article is part of a set of statistical articles on Europe 2020 strategy, focusing on the situation in Sweden.
Source: Eurostat, see dedicated web section: Europe 2020 indicators
Explanations on this radar chart are available here.
Main statistical findings
Source: Eurostat, see dedicated web section: Europe 2020 indicators
With 50.2 % of its population aged 30 to 34 years having attained tertiary education in 2015, Sweden exceeded its national 2020 target by 5.2 percentage points. The country also met its target on early leavers from education and training in 2015. Despite the slight deterioration in the labour market situation as a result of the economic crisis, Sweden exceeded its employment target by 0.5 percentage points and had one of the highest employment rates in the EU in 2015 along with Denmark and the Netherlands. In 2014, Sweden also surpassed its renewable energy target by increasing the share of renewables in gross final energy consumption to 52.6 % – by far the best performance in the EU. Sweden reduced its primary energy consumption to 46.2 Mtoe by 2014, thus shortening the distance to its 2020 target of 43.4 Mtoe. Despite having the second highest R&D intensity across the EU (after Finland), a 0.84 percentage point gap remains to be closed between 2014 and 2020 to meet the ambitious national target of spending 4 % of GDP on R&D. Similarly, the country remained at a distance from its GHG emission target of a 17 % reduction compared with the ESD base year, with a gap of 2.27 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;
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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).
Context
Europe 2020 is the EU’s growth and jobs strategy for the current decade, striving to pave the way to a smart, sustainable and inclusive future. The strategy envisages measures to overcome the economic crisis and move beyond it by addressing the structural weaknesses in the European economic model. The final objective is to deliver high levels of employment, productivity and social cohesion in the Member States, while reducing the impact on the natural environment.
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 (EC) No 223/2009 of 11 March 2009 on European statistics