Retail sales in Sweden fell 6.5 percent year-on-year in April 2023, cooling from a revised record-low of 10.8 percent drop in the previous month. Sales decreased at a softer rate compared to March, for both consumables (-4.5 percent vs -8.8 percent) and durables (-8.3 percent vs -12.9 percent). On a monthly basis, retail trade advanced 2.8 percent, the first growth since November 2022. source: Statistics Sweden

Retail Sales YoY in Sweden averaged 2.62 percent from 1992 until 2023, reaching an all time high of 11.40 percent in May of 2021 and a record low of -10.80 percent in March of 2023. This page provides the latest reported value for - Sweden Retail Sales YoY - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Sweden Retail Sales YoY - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on June of 2023.

Retail Sales YoY in Sweden is expected to be -1.80 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Sweden Retail Sales YoY is projected to trend around 2.40 percent in 2024 and 2.00 percent in 2025, according to our econometric models.

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Sweden Retail Sales YoY



Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2023-04-28 06:00 AM Mar -11.6% -9.6% -5.2%
2023-05-26 06:00 AM Apr -6.5% -10.8% -10.4%
2023-06-29 06:00 AM May -6.5%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Retail Sales MoM 2.80 -1.50 percent Apr 2023
Retail Sales YoY -6.50 -10.80 percent Apr 2023
Consumer Spending 638892.00 646965.00 SEK Million Mar 2023
Disposable Personal Income 702769.00 675564.00 SEK Million Mar 2023
Private Sector Credit 1.87 2.32 percent Apr 2023
Household Spending -4.00 -2.00 percent Mar 2023

Sweden Retail Sales YoY
In Sweden, the year-over-year change in Retail sales compares the aggregated sales of retail goods and services during a certain month to the same month a year ago.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
-6.50 -10.80 11.40 -10.80 1992 - 2023 percent Monthly
Constant Prices, WDA

News Stream
Sweden Retail Sales Fall at Softer Pace
Retail sales in Sweden fell 6.5 percent year-on-year in April 2023, cooling from a revised record-low of 10.8 percent drop in the previous month. Sales decreased at a softer rate compared to March, for both consumables (-4.5 percent vs -8.8 percent) and durables (-8.3 percent vs -12.9 percent). On a monthly basis, retail trade advanced 2.8 percent, the first growth since November 2022.
2023-05-26
Sweden Retail Sales Drop to Record Low
Retail sales in Sweden plunged 11.6 percent year-on-year in March 2023, following an upwardly revised 9.6 percent fall in the previous month. It was the largest drop since comparable records began in 1992, as sales decreased further for consumables (-8.9 percent vs -8.6 percent in February) and durables (-14.2 percent vs -11 percent). On a monthly basis, retail trade went down 1.6 percent after an upwardly revised 1.7 percent decline in February.
2023-04-28
Sweden Retail Sales Continue to Drop in February
Sweden retail sales dropped 9.4 percent year-on-year in February of 2023, following a 7.7 percent fall in the previous month. This was the largest decline since comparable records began in 1992, as sales continued to decrease for both durables (-10.9 percent vs -9.6 percent in January) and consumables (-8.3 percent vs -5.8 percent). On a monthly basis, retail sales went down by 1.2 percent in February, after a 0.2 percent fall in January.
2023-03-29