Industries in Sweden operated at 88.5% capacity in the second quarter of 2025, up by 0.4 percentage points from 88.1% in the previous period, but still below the 100% threshold, indicating underutilization. The largest decline was recorded in the “other” category, which dropped from 11% to 6.1%. Meanwhile, the biggest increase came from “insufficient demand,” rising from 54.9% to 61.4%. On a yearly basis, calendar-adjusted capacity utilization was unchanged at 88.9% in Q2 . source: Statistics Sweden

Capacity Utilization in Sweden increased to 88.50 percent in the second quarter of 2025 from 88.10 percent in the first quarter of 2025. Capacity Utilization in Sweden averaged 87.36 percent from 1980 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 91.60 percent in the second quarter of 2022 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 September of 2025.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2025-05-21 06:00 AM
Capacity Utilization QoQ
Q1 0.5% 0.5% -0.2%
2025-08-21 06:00 AM
Capacity Utilization QoQ
Q2 0.4% 0.6% 0.1%
2025-11-21 07:00 AM
Capacity Utilization QoQ
Q3 0.4%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Bankruptcies 553.00 966.00 Companies Jul 2025
Industrial Inventories 1963.55 6676.94 SEK Million Jun 2025
Capacity Utilization 88.50 88.10 percent Jun 2025
Car Registrations 17684.00 27565.00 Units Jul 2025
Changes in Inventories 9930.00 15259.00 SEK Million Jun 2025
Industrial Production YoY 12.80 3.00 percent Jun 2025
Industrial Production MoM 6.50 -0.60 percent Jun 2025
Manufacturing Production 12.00 3.00 percent Jun 2025
Mining Production 30.80 -0.60 percent Jun 2025
New Orders YoY 107.60 98.70 points Jun 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
88.50 88.10 91.60 76.00 1980 - 2025 percent Quarterly
Seasonally Adjusted

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Sweden Capacity Utilization Rises in Q2
Industries in Sweden operated at 88.5% capacity in the second quarter of 2025, up by 0.4 percentage points from 88.1% in the previous period, but still below the 100% threshold, indicating underutilization. The largest decline was recorded in the “other” category, which dropped from 11% to 6.1%. Meanwhile, the biggest increase came from “insufficient demand,” rising from 54.9% to 61.4%. On a yearly basis, calendar-adjusted capacity utilization was unchanged at 88.9% in Q2 .
2025-08-21
Sweden Capacity Utilization Rises to 88%
Industries in Sweden operated at 88% capacity in the first quarter of 2025, up by 0.5 percentage points from 87.5% in the previous period. Still, the reading remained below the 100% threshold, indicating underutilization. The biggest drop in shares of reason for lower capacity utilization was in the “other” category, which fell from 13.5% to 10.6%. Meanwhile, the largest gain came from “production disruptions,” up from 23.2% to 26.1%. On a yearly basis, capacity utilization fell by 0.6 percentage points to a calendar-adjusted 88.2% in Q1 .
2025-05-21
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