Sweden

Donor Rankings, 2023

3rd Core Contributions
8th Non Core Contributions
5th Overall Contributions

Donor rankings include UN-to-UN transfers, which are UNFPA's top source of revenue overall.

The Government of Sweden has been a steadfast supporter of UNFPA’s mission, championing the rights and well-being of women and girls through both financial contributions and collaborative partnerships. A defender of sexual and reproductive health and rights, Sweden is a provider of vital core funding, which enables UNFPA to plan long-term, maintain a global presence and effectively respond flexibly to emergencies and humanitarian crises. In 2023, Sweden was the third-largest donor of core resources. 

Aligned with UNFPA’s priorities, Sweden’s development policy, “Aid for a New Era. Freedom, Empowerment and Sustainable Growth,” underscores sexual and reproductive health and rights and gender equality as priorities of the Government. The policy emphasizes strengthening women's and girls' self-determination, increased access to modern contraceptives, and comprehensive sexuality education for all. Sweden’s global leadership in humanitarian assistance worldwide is reflected in commitments to UNFPA’s response to crises in Ukraine, Moldova, Palestine, and Afghanistan, among others. 

Sweden is the main contributor to UNFPA’s Maternal Health Thematic Fund, which trains midwives, performs fistula repair surgeries and delivers other maternal health support to countries with high maternal death rates. Additional areas of collaboration between Sweden and UNFPA include HIV prevention; programmes to end gender-based violence; sexual and reproductive health and rights programmes; and efforts to abandon female genital mutilation.
 

Key Results 2023

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1,818

Maternal deaths averted

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960,620

Unintended pregnancies prevented

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312,752

Unsafe abortions prevented

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1,444,375

Women and young people reached with integrated sexual and reproductive health services

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342,370

Sexually transmitted infections prevented by provision of female and male condoms

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4,589,904

Couple year protections generated

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465

Women and girls living with obstetric fistula received treatment

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7,864

HIV infections prevented by provision of female and male condoms

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529,604

Marginalized girls were reached by life skills programmes

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48,296

Women, adolescents and youth benefited from the high-quality services related to harmful practices

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8,669

Girls saved from female genital mutilation

Key results are for illustrative purposes only, and reflect what a donor has contributed to through funding to UNFPA in 2022. Key results presented here may not reflect the figures provided by government donors.

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Effective 1 January 2022, UNFPA adopted a new revenue recognition policy; however, for the purposes of this website, information is presented based on previous policy to allow comparability of information across different years.

Effective 1 January 2022, UNFPA adopted a new revenue recognition policy; however, for the purposes of this website, information is presented based on previous policy to allow comparability of information across different years.

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