Industries in Sweden operated at 87.7% capacity in the fourth quarter of 2024, up 0.7 percentage points from a downwardly revised 87% in the previous quarter. Still, the reading remained below the 100% threshold, indicating underutilization. The largest decline in capacity usage was attributed to insufficient demand, which fell from 55.8% to 54.2% quarter-over-quarter. On an annual basis, capacity utilization declined by 0.9 percentage points, reaching 87.4%. source: Statistics Sweden

Capacity Utilization in Sweden increased to 87.70 percent in the fourth quarter of 2024 from 87 percent in the third quarter of 2024. Capacity Utilization in Sweden averaged 87.30 percent from 1980 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 91.30 percent in the third quarter of 2019 and a record low of 76.00 percent in the second quarter of 2009. This page provides - Sweden Capacity Utilization - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Sweden Capacity Utilization - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on March of 2025.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2024-11-21 07:00 AM
Capacity Utilization QoQ
Q3 -0.9% -0.3% 0.5%
2025-02-20 07:00 AM
Capacity Utilization QoQ
Q4 0.7% -1.4% 0.2%
2025-05-21 06:00 AM
Capacity Utilization QoQ
Q1 0.7%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Bankruptcies 978.00 955.00 Companies Feb 2025
Industrial Inventories -6141.46 6176.93 SEK Million Dec 2024
Capacity Utilization 87.70 87.00 percent Dec 2024
Car Registrations 19608.00 19632.00 Units Feb 2025
Changes in Inventories -26037.00 18544.00 SEK Million Dec 2024
Industrial Production YoY -2.10 10.10 percent Jan 2025
Industrial Production MoM -7.60 7.00 percent Jan 2025
Manufacturing Production -3.00 11.50 percent Jan 2025
Mining Production 21.50 -8.80 percent Jan 2025
New Orders YoY 101.40 114.70 points Jan 2025

Sweden Capacity Utilization
In Sweden, Capacity Utilization is the difference between the potential and actual use of an input. Capacity utilization is high when actual output is close to potential output because the most use is being made of labor and capital.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
87.70 87.00 91.30 76.00 1980 - 2024 percent Quarterly
Seasonally Adjusted


News Stream
Swedish Capacity Utilization Rises in Q4
Industries in Sweden operated at 87.7% capacity in the fourth quarter of 2024, up 0.7 percentage points from a downwardly revised 87% in the previous quarter. Still, the reading remained below the 100% threshold, indicating underutilization. The largest decline in capacity usage was attributed to insufficient demand, which fell from 55.8% to 54.2% quarter-over-quarter. On an annual basis, capacity utilization declined by 0.9 percentage points, reaching 87.4%.
2025-02-20
Swedish Capacity Utilization Falls in Q3
Industries in Sweden operated at 87.5 percent of their production capacity in the third quarter of 2024 from 88.4 percent in the previous three-month period. Compared with the same quarter a year earlier, capacity utilization was 2.6 percentage points lower at 90.1 percent.
2024-11-21
Swedish Capacity Utilization Increases in Q2
Industries in Sweden operated at 89.2 percent of their production capacity in the second quarter of 2024 from 88.6 percent in the previous three-month period. Compared with the same quarter a year earlier, capacity utilization was 1.4 percentage points lower at 89.6 percent.
2024-08-20