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The economy of Sweden is a developed export-oriented economy aided by timber, hydropower, and iron ore. These constitute the resource base of an economy oriented toward foreign trade. The main industries include motor vehicles, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, industrial machines, precision equipment, chemical goods, home goods and appliances, forestry, iron, and steel. Traditionally a modern agricultural economy that employed over half the domestic workforce, today Sweden further develops engineering, mine, steel, and pulp industries that are competitive internationally, as evidenced by companies like Ericsson, ASEA/ABB, SKF, Alfa Laval, AGA, and Dyno Nobel.〔(Agricultural toward Industrial|Swedish economic history ). Ekonomifakta.se (28 September 2012). Retrieved on 2013-01-29.〕 Sweden is a competitive mixed economy featuring a generous universal welfare state financed through relatively high income taxes that ensures that income is distributed across the entire society, a model sometimes called the Nordic model.〔(Sweden today ). Ekonomifakta.se (28 September 2012). Retrieved on 2013-01-29.〕 Approximately 90% of all resources and companies are privately owned, with a minority of 5% owned by the state and another 5% operating as either consumer or producer cooperatives.〔(Comparative Economic Systems, "Swedens Welfare State" )〕 Because Sweden as a neutral country did not actively participate in World War II, it did not have to rebuild its economic base, banking system, and country as a whole, as did many other European countries. Sweden has achieved a high standard of living under a mixed system of high-tech capitalism and extensive welfare benefits. Sweden has the second highest total tax revenue behind Denmark, as a share of the country's income. , total tax revenue was 44.2% of GDP, down from 48.3% in 2006.〔(Skattetrycket | Skattetryck | Skatter | Fakta och statistik ). Ekonomifakta.se. Retrieved on 2013-01-29.〕 The National Institute of Economic research predicts GDP growth of 1.8%, 3.1% and 3.4% in 2014, 2015 and 2016 respectively.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.konj.se/1088.html )〕 A comparison of upcoming economic growth rates of EU countries revealed that the Baltic states, Poland, and Slovakia are the only countries that are expected to keep comparable or higher growth rates.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2014/03/european-economy-guide )〕 ==History== In the 19th century Sweden evolved from a largely agricultural economy into the beginnings of an industrialized, urbanized country. Poverty was still widespread. However, incomes were sufficiently high to finance emigration to distant places, prompting a large portion of the country to leave, especially to the United States. Economic reforms and the creation of a modern economic system, banks and corporations were enacted during the later half of the 19th century. By the 1930s, Sweden had what ''Life'' magazine called in 1938 the "world's highest standard of living". Sweden was also the first country worldwide to recover completely from the Great Depression. Sweden declared itself neutral during both world wars, thereby avoiding much physical destruction. The postwar boom propelled Sweden to greater economic prosperity, putting the country in third place in per capita GDP rankings by 1970.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Socialdemokraterne )〕 Beginning in the 1970s and culminating with the deep recession of the early 1990s, Swedish standards of living developed less favorably than many other industrialized countries. Since the mid-1990s the economic performance has improved. In 2009, Sweden had the world's tenth highest GDP per capita in nominal terms and was in 14th place in terms of purchasing power parity. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Economy of Sweden」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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