Affärslivet Research · 89 reports
Economic reports & global indexes
A free, source-cited library on the Swedish, Nordic and world economy — from primary data (Statistics Sweden, the Riksbank, World Bank, IMF, IEA, WHO, SIPRI). Every figure carries its source and date; every dataset is downloadable as CSV/JSON under CC BY 4.0. Browse by theme below, or open the machine-readable data catalogue.
Affärslivet indexes 13
Our own composite indexes — proprietary rankings you won't find anywhere else, built transparently from official data.
Affärslivet AI & Tech Readiness Index 2026
The Affärslivet AI & Tech Readiness Index 2026 ranks 49 economies on technological readiness across 6 equal-weighted dimensions. South Korea leads (84.5/100); Sweden ranks 4th. Transparent method, downloadable data, CC BY 4.0.
Updated 2026-08-01 · CC BY 4.0
Affärslivet Business Climate Index 2026
The Affärslivet Business Climate Index 2026 ranks 49 economies on business climate across 7 equal-weighted dimensions. Singapore leads (76.5/100); Sweden ranks 16th. Transparent method, downloadable data, CC BY 4.0.
Updated 2026-08-01 · CC BY 4.0
Affärslivet Digital Economy Index 2026
The Affärslivet Digital Economy Index 2026 ranks 49 economies on digital economy strength across 5 equal-weighted dimensions. Israel leads (76.1/100); Sweden ranks 10th. Transparent method, downloadable data, CC BY 4.0.
Updated 2026-08-01 · CC BY 4.0
Affärslivet Economic Health Index 2026
The Affärslivet Economic Health Index 2026 ranks 48 economies on economic health across 5 equal-weighted dimensions. Ireland leads (91.3/100); Sweden ranks 20th. Transparent method, downloadable data, CC BY 4.0.
Updated 2026-08-01 · CC BY 4.0
Affärslivet Financial Development Index 2026
The Affärslivet Financial Development Index 2026 ranks 45 economies on financial-market depth across 4 equal-weighted dimensions. United States leads (70.4/100); Sweden ranks —. Transparent method, downloadable data, CC BY 4.0.
Updated 2026-08-01 · CC BY 4.0
Affärslivet Global Connectedness Index 2026
The Affärslivet Global Connectedness Index 2026 ranks 49 economies on global connectedness across 4 equal-weighted dimensions. Ireland leads (57.1/100); Sweden ranks 18th. Transparent method, downloadable data, CC BY 4.0.
Updated 2026-08-01 · CC BY 4.0
Affärslivet Green Economy Index 2026
The Affärslivet Green Economy Index 2026 ranks 49 economies on environmental performance across 3 equal-weighted dimensions. Sweden leads (82.2/100); Sweden ranks 1st. Transparent method, downloadable data, CC BY 4.0.
Updated 2026-08-01 · CC BY 4.0
Affärslivet Innovation Index 2026
The Affärslivet Innovation Index 2026 ranks 49 economies on innovation capacity across 5 equal-weighted dimensions. South Korea leads (69.1/100); Sweden ranks 6th. Transparent method, downloadable data, CC BY 4.0.
Updated 2026-08-01 · CC BY 4.0
Affärslivet Prosperity Index 2026
The Affärslivet Prosperity Index 2026 ranks 49 economies on prosperity & quality of life across 6 equal-weighted dimensions. Iceland leads (80.0/100); Sweden ranks 2nd. Transparent method, downloadable data, CC BY 4.0.
Updated 2026-08-01 · CC BY 4.0
Affärslivet Startup Economy Index 2026
The Affärslivet Startup Economy Index 2026 ranks 49 economies on startup conditions across 4 equal-weighted dimensions. United States leads (74.1/100); Sweden ranks 10th. Transparent method, downloadable data, CC BY 4.0.
Updated 2026-08-01 · CC BY 4.0
Affärslivet Talent & Human Capital Index 2026
The Affärslivet Talent & Human Capital Index 2026 ranks 49 economies on human capital across 4 equal-weighted dimensions. Sweden leads (88.4/100); Sweden ranks 1st. Transparent method, downloadable data, CC BY 4.0.
Updated 2026-08-01 · CC BY 4.0
Affärslivet Tax Competitiveness Index 2026
The Affärslivet Tax Competitiveness Index 2026 ranks 45 economies on tax competitiveness across 4 equal-weighted dimensions. United Arab Emirates leads (88.5/100); Sweden ranks 39th. Transparent method, downloadable data, CC BY 4.0.
Updated 2026-08-01 · CC BY 4.0
Affärslivet Trade Powerhouse Index 2026
The Affärslivet Trade Powerhouse Index 2026 ranks 49 economies on trade strength across 4 equal-weighted dimensions. Singapore leads (76.5/100); Sweden ranks 19th. Transparent method, downloadable data, CC BY 4.0.
Updated 2026-08-01 · CC BY 4.0
AI & Tech 25
The AI race in data: which countries and companies lead in AI models, compute, investment and talent — built from Epoch AI, OECD.AI and World Bank data.
Affärslivet AI Compute Index
A free, sourced ranking of 33 economies on installed AI compute — capacity (H100-equivalents), clusters and power. United States leads; the US holds ~81% of all AI compute. CC BY 4.0.
Updated 2026-08-19 · CC BY 4.0
Affärslivet AI Talent & Research Index
A free, sourced ranking of 53 economies on AI research and talent — publications, researchers, R&D intensity and high-tech exports. South Korea leads. CC BY 4.0.
Updated 2026-08-19 · CC BY 4.0
Affärslivet National AI Power Index 2026
How 49 countries rank on AI power — models, compute, research, talent. United States leads at 75.3/100; Sweden #12. Free, source-cited data, CC BY 4.0.
Updated 2026-08-19 · CC BY 4.0
Affärslivet Open-Source AI Index
A free, sourced ranking of 18 economies on open-weight AI — models released openly, open share and total output. United States leads; China and Europe are far more open than the US. CC BY 4.0.
Updated 2026-08-19 · CC BY 4.0
AI and Jobs: How Many Jobs Are Exposed, and Which Ones
How AI affects jobs, by the numbers: IMF says ~40% of jobs globally are exposed, ILO finds 1 in 4, and most work is transformed, not replaced. Sourced.
Updated 2026-07-30 · CC BY 4.0
AI Bias and Ethics: What It Is, Real Cases, and How to Reduce It
AI bias explained with verified cases: Gender Shades, COMPAS, Amazon's hiring tool and NIST face-recognition data, plus how bias is measured, mitigated and regulated.
Updated 2026-07-30 · CC BY 4.0
AI Chips and Semiconductors: Who Makes Them, the Supply Chain, and the Chokepoints
Nvidia holds ~86% of the data-centre AI accelerator market and >60% of installed AI compute (Epoch AI); TSMC fabricates >90% of leading-edge AI chips. Sourced reference.
Updated 2026-07-30 · CC BY 4.0
AI in Education: How It's Used, What Works, and the Risks
AI in education by the numbers: 4 in 5 students now use AI for schoolwork (Stanford HAI 2026), 60% of teachers use it, and fewer than 10% of schools have policies. Sourced.
Updated 2026-07-30 · CC BY 4.0
AI in Finance and Banking: How It Works, Who Uses It, and What It Risks
How banks use AI in 2026: fraud detection, credit scoring, trading and generative AI — with adoption data from McKinsey, the Bank of England, the IMF and Evident.
Updated 2026-07-30 · CC BY 4.0
AI in Healthcare: What It Does, Where the Evidence Is, and the Risks
AI in healthcare, by the numbers: 950+ FDA-authorized devices, 76% in radiology, AlphaFold's 200M protein structures, ambient scribes and the risks. Sourced.
Updated 2026-07-30 · CC BY 4.0
AI in Manufacturing: How Factories Actually Use AI, by the Numbers
AI in manufacturing, by the numbers: 4.66M robots in factories (IFR, 2024), predictive maintenance cuts downtime up to 50% (McKinsey), 201 WEF Lighthouses. Sourced.
Updated 2026-07-30 · CC BY 4.0
AI in Retail and E-commerce: What It Does, and What the Data Shows
AI in retail, by the numbers: McKinsey sees $240-390bn in value, personalization lifts revenue 10-15%, and Klarna's AI handles two-thirds of chats. Sourced.
Updated 2026-07-30 · CC BY 4.0
AI in the legal industry: what it does, what it breaks, and what it means for lawyers
A source-cited 2026 guide to AI in law: legal research, contract review, e-discovery, adoption data, hallucination cases like Mata v. Avianca, risks and regulation.
Updated 2026-07-30 · CC BY 4.0
AI Model Benchmarks: The Leaderboard
A source-cited AI model benchmark leaderboard — 18 frontier models scored on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, FrontierMath, MATH and more, from independent Epoch AI evaluations. Which AI is best at science, code and maths. CC BY 4.0.
Updated 2026-08-19 · CC BY 4.0
AI Safety and Alignment: The Alignment Problem, Methods and Global Governance
AI safety and alignment explained: the alignment problem, RLHF, Constitutional AI, red-teaming, frontier safety frameworks, AI Safety Institutes, and the existential-risk debate.
Updated 2026-07-30 · CC BY 4.0
AI's Energy and Electricity Demand: The Data-Centre Power Surge
How much electricity does AI use? Data centres drew ~415 TWh in 2024 (1.5% of world power); the IEA projects ~945 TWh by 2030. Sourced reference.
Updated 2026-07-30 · CC BY 4.0
Countries Leading in AI: Models, Research & Investment by Country
23 countries ranked on the AI race — notable AI models (Epoch AI), scholarly publications (OWID), private investment (Stanford AI Index) and R&D. United States leads on models; China on research. Free to cite and embed, CC BY 4.0.
Updated 2026-08-19 · CC BY 4.0
Enterprise AI Adoption in Europe, by Country
How many companies actually use AI, by country: 28 European economies ranked on the share of enterprises using at least one AI technology (Eurostat 2025). Denmark leads at 42.0%; Sweden 35.0%, EU27 19.9%. With trend, technology and sector breakdowns. Free to cite, CC BY 4.0.
Updated 2026-08-19 · CC BY 4.0
How Much Does It Cost to Train an AI Model?
The cost of training frontier AI models, ranked and sourced: from GPT-4 (~$37m) to the ~$388m spent on Grok 4. Training-compute cost is rising about 2.4× a year. Every figure from Epoch AI. CC BY 4.0.
Updated 2026-08-19 · CC BY 4.0
Is AI a Bubble?
The public data on AI valuations, capex vs revenue, the MIT 95%-no-ROI finding and the dot-com comparison — bull case and bear case, from named sources.
Updated 2026-07-31 · CC BY 4.0
Sweden & Nordic AI: How the Nordics Compare on AI
How Sweden and the Nordics really compare on AI — enterprise adoption (Denmark, Finland and Sweden lead Europe), AI power, notable models, compute and research. The Nordics are the world's top AI adopters but build almost no frontier models. Source-cited, CC BY 4.0.
Updated 2026-08-19 · CC BY 4.0
Sweden's and the Nordics' AI Companies and Ecosystem
A source-cited guide to Sweden's and the Nordics' AI companies, unicorns and research base in 2026 — Klarna, Lovable, Sana, Silo AI, Corti, WASP and AI Sweden.
Updated 2026-07-30 · CC BY 4.0
The Biggest AI Data Centers & GPU Clusters in the World
The world's largest AI data centers and GPU clusters ranked by power and compute, plus who makes the chips. Colossus 2 leads at 946 MW; Nvidia has shipped ~18m H100-equivalents. Every figure sourced to Epoch AI, CC BY 4.0.
Updated 2026-08-19 · CC BY 4.0
The EU AI Act Explained: Risk Categories, Timeline and Penalties
The EU AI Act (Regulation 2024/1689) explained: its four risk tiers, prohibited practices, the phased 2025–2027 timeline, and fines up to €35m or 7% of turnover.
Updated 2026-07-30 · CC BY 4.0
The Largest AI Companies, Ranked by Funding
The 7 leading AI companies ranked by equity funding, with dated valuations, estimated revenue, staff and revenue-per-employee. OpenAI leads at $182.8bn raised; every figure sourced to Epoch AI with its date. Free to cite and embed, CC BY 4.0.
Updated 2026-08-19 · CC BY 4.0
Sweden & Nordic 2
Our home turf: Sweden's economy in depth and the Nordics compared, built from Statistics Sweden, the Riksbank and World Bank data.
Nordic Economies Compared 2026
How Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland compare on GDP per capita, growth, inflation, unemployment, population and trade — 2026 World Bank data, charts and a downloadable scoreboard. Free to cite.
Updated 2026-08-01 · CC BY 4.0
Sweden Economic Indicators 2026
Sweden's key economic indicators for 2026: CPIF inflation 0.7%, Riksbank policy rate 1.75%, GDP, unemployment 8.9%, the krona and trade — source-cited to SCB and the Riksbank, free to cite.
Updated 2026-08-17 · CC BY 4.0
Global economic rankings 11
Every major economy ranked — GDP, growth, inflation, unemployment, debt, population and trade — with nominal & PPP figures and 10-year trends.
CO2 Emissions per Capita by Country 2026
49 economies ranked by CO2 emissions per capita, 2026. Saudi Arabia leads at 18.5; Sweden 40th. Free World Bank data — cite & download.
Updated 2026-08-19 · CC BY 4.0
Countries by Population 2026
49 economies ranked by population, 2026. India leads at 1,463.9 million; Sweden 37th. Free World Bank data — cite & download.
Updated 2026-08-19 · CC BY 4.0
Fastest-Growing Economies 2026
49 economies ranked by GDP growth, 2026. Ireland leads at 12.3%; Sweden 30th. Free World Bank data — cite & download.
Updated 2026-08-19 · CC BY 4.0
Government Debt by Country 2026
23 economies ranked by government debt (% of GDP), 2026. Singapore leads at 167.8%. Free World Bank data — cite & download.
Updated 2026-08-19 · CC BY 4.0
Inflation Rate by Country 2026
49 economies ranked by inflation (CPI), 2026. Argentina leads at 219.9%; Sweden 45th. Free World Bank data — cite & download.
Updated 2026-08-19 · CC BY 4.0
Internet Usage by Country 2026
49 economies ranked by internet users (% of population), 2026. United Arab Emirates leads at 100.0%; Sweden 13th. Free World Bank data — cite & download.
Updated 2026-08-19 · CC BY 4.0
Largest Economies in the World 2026
49 economies ranked by GDP (nominal), 2026. United States leads at $30.77 trillion; Sweden 25th. Free World Bank data — cite & download.
Updated 2026-08-19 · CC BY 4.0
Most Trade-Dependent Economies 2026
48 economies ranked by exports (% of GDP), 2026. Singapore leads at 177.9%; Sweden 14th. Free World Bank data — cite & download.
Updated 2026-08-19 · CC BY 4.0
R&D Spending by Country 2026
49 economies ranked by R&D spending (% of GDP), 2026. Israel leads at 6.3%; Sweden 3rd. Free World Bank data — cite & download.
Updated 2026-08-19 · CC BY 4.0
Richest Countries in the World 2026
49 economies ranked by GDP per capita, 2026. Ireland leads at $131,592; Sweden 10th. Free World Bank data — cite & download.
Updated 2026-08-19 · CC BY 4.0
Unemployment Rate by Country 2026
49 economies ranked by unemployment (ILO), 2026. South Africa leads at 32.4%; Sweden 6th. Free World Bank data — cite & download.
Updated 2026-08-19 · CC BY 4.0
Business & finance 8
The business climate ranked worldwide: stock-market size, foreign investment, entrepreneurship, taxes, trade balances, manufacturing and reserves.
Current Account Balance by Country 2026
49 economies ranked by current account balance (% of GDP), 2026. Ireland leads at 17.4%; Sweden 10th. Free World Bank data — cite & download.
Updated 2026-08-19 · CC BY 4.0
Entrepreneurship by Country 2026
48 economies ranked by new business density, 2026. United Kingdom leads at 19.2; Sweden 12th. Free World Bank data — cite & download.
Updated 2026-08-19 · CC BY 4.0
Foreign Direct Investment by Country 2026
49 economies ranked by FDI net inflows, 2026. United States leads at $400.5 billion; Sweden 21st. Free World Bank data — cite & download.
Updated 2026-08-19 · CC BY 4.0
Foreign Exchange Reserves by Country 2026
49 economies ranked by foreign-exchange reserves, 2026. China leads at $3.75 trillion; Sweden 33rd. Free World Bank data — cite & download.
Updated 2026-08-19 · CC BY 4.0
High-Tech Exports by Country 2026
49 economies ranked by high-tech exports (% of manufactured exports), 2026. Philippines leads at 61.0%; Sweden 25th. Free World Bank data — cite & download.
Updated 2026-08-19 · CC BY 4.0
Manufacturing by Country 2026
49 economies ranked by manufacturing (% of GDP), 2026. Ireland leads at 33.9%; Sweden 27th. Free World Bank data — cite & download.
Updated 2026-08-19 · CC BY 4.0
Stock Market Capitalisation by Country 2026
45 economies ranked by stock market capitalisation (% of GDP), 2026. South Africa leads at 327.2%. Free World Bank data — cite & download.
Updated 2026-08-19 · CC BY 4.0
Tax Revenue by Country 2026
45 economies ranked by tax revenue (% of GDP), 2026. Denmark leads at 33.4%; Sweden 4th. Free World Bank data — cite & download.
Updated 2026-08-19 · CC BY 4.0
Development & society 8
Beyond GDP: CO2 emissions, renewable energy, life expectancy, health and education spending, and defence budgets by country.
CO2 Emissions by Country 2026
49 economies ranked by CO2 emissions, 2026. China leads at 13,124.7; Sweden 42nd. Free World Bank data — cite & download.
Updated 2026-08-19 · CC BY 4.0
Education Spending by Country 2026
48 economies ranked by education spending (% of GDP), 2026. Sweden leads at 7.3%; Sweden 1st. Free World Bank data — cite & download.
Updated 2026-08-19 · CC BY 4.0
Health Spending by Country 2026
49 economies ranked by health spending (% of GDP), 2026. United States leads at 16.7%; Sweden 7th. Free World Bank data — cite & download.
Updated 2026-08-19 · CC BY 4.0
Income Inequality by Country 2026
46 economies ranked by income inequality (Gini index), 2026. Colombia leads at 54.4; Sweden 34th. Free World Bank data — cite & download.
Updated 2026-08-19 · CC BY 4.0
Life Expectancy by Country 2026
49 economies ranked by life expectancy, 2026. Switzerland leads at 84.4; Sweden 2nd. Free World Bank data — cite & download.
Updated 2026-08-19 · CC BY 4.0
Military Spending by Country 2026
48 economies ranked by military spending (% of GDP), 2026. Ukraine leads at 34.5%; Sweden 20th. Free World Bank data — cite & download.
Updated 2026-08-19 · CC BY 4.0
Most-Visited Countries 2026
49 economies ranked by international tourist arrivals, 2026. France leads at 117.1 million; Sweden 42nd. Free World Bank data — cite & download.
Updated 2026-08-19 · CC BY 4.0
Renewable Energy by Country 2026
49 economies ranked by renewable energy share, 2026. Iceland leads at 82.4%; Sweden 4th. Free World Bank data — cite & download.
Updated 2026-08-19 · CC BY 4.0
Country profiles 22
Deep economic profiles for the world's major economies — GDP (nominal & PPP), growth, inflation, jobs, trade and world rankings.