SWEDEN
Population
Total population in Sweden is 9,995,153 by 1st January 2017. 17.84% of the population is foreign born (Eurostat). The median age of Swedish is 40.91 which is slightly more than the European average of 40.36 (UN Data).
Political Parties
The most recent parliamentary election was held in September 2014. The prominent parties, vote shares in this election and their orientations are as follows (Parlgov):
Party Name |
Vote Share |
Ideological Orientation |
Social Democrats |
31.01 |
Social democracy |
Moderate Party |
23.33 |
Conservative |
Sweden Democrats |
12.86 |
Right-wing |
Greens |
6.89 |
Green/Ecologist |
Centre Party |
6.11 |
Agrarian |
Left Party (Communists) |
5.72 |
Communist/Socialist |
People's Party |
5.42 |
Liberal |
Christian Democrats |
4.57 |
Christian democracy |
Feminist Initiative |
3.12 |
Special issue |
Electoral System
The system used in Sweden is Close List PR with preferential vote in which parties make lists of candidates to be elected, and seats get distributed to each party in proportion to the number of votes the party receives (idea.int). The voter turnout in 2014 election was 85.81% (idea.int)
Quality of Democracy
Sweden is a parliamentary democracy. Quality of democracy score by Freedom House is 1 out of 7 where 1 is most free and 7 is least free. According to Transparency International, Sweden is ranked 6th least corrupted among 180 countries with a score of 84 out of 100.
Gender Equality
44% of the parliamentarians are women currently while there is no legislated quota for women candidates. (idea.int)