Overview

This page is a compilation of some important facts representing the IT market in Sweden. With respect to the overall economy, telecommunications and information technology are among the most successful sectors, among other export-oriented sectors (17). Sweden has been ranked at the top of many studies relating to the advanced state of technology in infrastructure, computer and internet diffusion, and social adoption.

General Information

Total ICT Spending (2001): $24,874,000,000

ICT Investments as percent of GDP (2001): 11.3%

ICT per capita (2001): $2,803

Source: WorldBank (20)

Telecommunication Infrastructure and Deregulation (6)

Phone lines per 1000: 740

Cell phone usage per 1000: 790

Computing and Internet Diffusion

Number of Internet Service Providers: 29 (2000) (8)

Web users as a percent of the population: 6.02 million (2002)/8.9 total = 68% (7)

PC's per 1000 people: 561.2 (2001) (6)

PCs per 1000 in business: 820 (2001) (6)

E-Commerce and E-Business

Sweden is ranked 1 st in e-readiness (21)

IT Workforce

Literacy Rate: 99%

Pop. w/post-secondary education: 30%

IT pipeline from 2000: 4,076 IT graduates out of a total of 39,177 graduates (approx 10%). (14)

Domestic Production

Software: total market size is US $1,277 million (SEK 10,982 million). (17)