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Trade between Germany and Sweden

In 2024, Germany exported $28.6 billion to Sweden and imported $17.8 billion. Germany ran a surplus of $10.7 billion with Sweden, compared with a surplus of $10.6 billion in 2019. Sweden was Germany’s 15th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Germany was Sweden’s largest (13%).

Summary

Germany → Sweden
$28.6billion
Sweden → Germany
$17.8billion
Germany’s balance
$10.7billion

Balance

Germany’s trade balance with Sweden

Trade between Germany and Sweden grew 2.1-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Germany’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 28.6
  • Imports 17.8
  • Balance +10.7

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$12.5 billion$9.1 billion$3.4 billion
1996$12.4 billion$9.1 billion$3.3 billion
1997$12 billion$8.1 billion$3.9 billion
1998$12.3 billion$9 billion$3.2 billion
1999$11.5 billion$8.3 billion$3.1 billion
2000$12 billion$8.5 billion$3.5 billion
2001$11.1 billion$7.9 billion$3.2 billion
2002$12.4 billion$8.4 billion$3.9 billion
2003$15.2 billion$9.6 billion$5.6 billion
2004$18.4 billion$11.6 billion$6.8 billion
2005$19.9 billion$13.7 billion$6.2 billion
2006$22.3 billion$15.4 billion$7 billion
2007$27.2 billion$17.1 billion$10.1 billion
2008$28 billion$19.2 billion$8.7 billion
2009$20 billion$13.5 billion$6.4 billion
2010$25.4 billion$16.2 billion$9.3 billion
2011$30.7 billion$17.9 billion$12.8 billion
2012$26.9 billion$16.6 billion$10.2 billion
2013$26.3 billion$16.9 billion$9.4 billion
2014$26.3 billion$16.6 billion$9.6 billion
2015$22.9 billion$14.5 billion$8.4 billion
2016$24.9 billion$14.7 billion$10.2 billion
2017$27.9 billion$16.1 billion$11.7 billion
2018$28.6 billion$17.2 billion$11.3 billion
2019$26.6 billion$16 billion$10.6 billion
2020$25.7 billion$15.7 billion$10 billion
2021$29.8 billion$18.6 billion$11.2 billion
2022$29.2 billion$18.5 billion$10.7 billion
2023$29.8 billion$19.2 billion$10.6 billion
2024$28.6 billion$17.8 billion$10.7 billion

What they sell each other

What Germany sells to Sweden

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Cars$3.4 billion · 11.8%
    156 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  2. Auto parts$1.5 billion · 5.4%
    238 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  3. Vaccines, blood and antisera$814 million · 2.9%
    347 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  4. Computers$671 million · 2.4%
    2 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  5. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$598 million · 2.1%
    7 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  6. Trucks$511 million · 1.8%
    34 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  7. Motor and generator parts$497 million · 1.7%
    6 thousand tonnes
  8. Radioactive elements$372 million · 1.3%
    258 tonnes
  9. Liquid pumps$359 million · 1.3%
    11 thousand tonnes
  10. Engine parts$356 million · 1.3%
    27 thousand tonnes

What Sweden sells to Germany

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Cars$1.7 billion · 9.3%
    74 thousand tonnes · Sweden’s destinations
  2. Vaccines, blood and antisera$991 million · 5.6%
    1 thousand tonnes · Sweden’s destinations
  3. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$949 million · 5.3%
    10 thousand tonnes · Sweden’s destinations
  4. Coated paper$550 million · 3.1%
    580 thousand tonnes
  5. Kraft paper and paperboard$499 million · 2.8%
    795 thousand tonnes
  6. Iron ore$494 million · 2.8%
    4 million tonnes · Sweden’s destinations
  7. Refined petroleum$467 million · 2.6%
    522 thousand tonnes · Sweden’s destinations
  8. Catalysts$430 million · 2.4%
    1 thousand tonnes
  9. Auto parts$412 million · 2.3%
    37 thousand tonnes · Sweden’s destinations
  10. Chemical wood pulp$363 million · 2%
    411 thousand tonnes · Sweden’s destinations

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Hamburg to Gothenburg.

The estimated sea route between Hamburg and Gothenburg is 418 nautical miles (773 km) long: ≈ 1 day at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

It does not cross any major canal or strait.

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$33.2 billion · 71.4%
  2. Air$13.3 billion · 28.6%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Sweden was Germany’s 15th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Germany was Sweden’s largest (13%).

Sweden in Germany’s trade
1.6%
Sweden’s rank among Germany’s partners
15th
Germany in Sweden’s trade
12.9%
Germany’s rank among Sweden’s partners
1st

Compare with

Other partners of Germany

Other partners of Sweden

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.