Expenditure on elderly care in Sweden 2016-2022

The expenditure on elderly care in Sweden was relatively stable during the last five years. The highest amount during the period was reached in 2022, when over 146.6 billion Swedish kronor was spent on care for the elderly. The expenditure as a share of gross domestic product stood between 2.5 and 2.7 percent from 2016 to 2022. 

Highest expenditure for special housing

     The largest amount of the total expenditure for elderly care in 2018 was for special housing, a sum that amounted to 71.8 billion Swedish kronor. Elderly care in Sweden is administered at a municipal level, and therefore the special housing can look different for different municipalities, but the definition is housing for elderly with a large need for care, who are not able to live alone.  

Elderly are a growing population

      In 2018, 19.9 percent of the Swedish population was 65 years and older. 5.1 percent was 80 years and older, and one percent was 90 years and older. It is expected that the largest percentual increase of the population in Sweden until 2028 will occur among individuals 80 years and older.