Sweden

Basic Information
Capital: Stockholm 
Language: Swedish 
Population: 10,040,995
Total Area: 450,295 sq km 
Currency: Swedish Krona
 

The Diplomatic representation in Jordan
Embassy of the Kingdom of Sweden
Tel: +962 6 590 1300
Fax: +962 6 593 0179
Email:  ambassaden.amman@gov.se
 

Economic profile
GDP: $518 billion
Real Growth rate: 2.1% 
GDP-Per Capita: $51,200 
Inflation rate: 1.9%
Unemployment rate: 6.7%
Trade Balance:
Exports: $165.6 billion
Imports:  $153.2 billion
 

Budget
Revenues:  271.2 billion
Expenditures: 264.4 billion

Natural resources: iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, gold, silver, tungsten, uranium, arsenic, feldspar, timber, hydropower

Major exports: machinery, motor vehicles, paper products, pulp and wood, iron and steel products, chemicals.

Major imports: machinery, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, motor vehicles, iron and steel; foodstuffs, clothing

Trade partners: Germany, Norway, Finland, USA, UK, Denmark, Netherlands, China, Belgium 

Agriculture Products: barley, wheat, sugar beets; meat, milk
Major industries: iron and steel, precision equipment (bearings, radio and telephone parts, armaments), wood pulp and paper products, processed foods, motor vehicles

Labor force: 5.361 million distributed as follows: 
Agriculture: 2%
Industry:   12%
Services: 86%
 

External Trade Between Jordan & Sweden- JOD

 Source: Department of Statistics

Main Jordanian Exports to Sweden

• Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes    
• Vegetable products    
• Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof    

Main Jordanian Imports from Sweden:

• Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment; parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles.
• Products of the chemical or allied industries    
• Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal; cork and articles of cork; manufactures of straw of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basket ware and wickerwork.
• Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard; paper and paperboard and articles thereof    .
• Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof    
• Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment    
• Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; clocks and watches; musical instruments; parts and accessories thereof    
• Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes    

Agreements between Jordan and Sweden: 

• EU- Jordan Association Agreement – signed in 1997