Figure 1

Sweden landed in the middle of Europe’s state ownership pack

State enterprise share of total employment in seven countries, mid-1970s

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Source: Mats Larsson, “Chapter 2: Statligt företagsägande—framväxten,” in Staten som ägare (SNS, 1992), p. 34.

Notes: Segments show the reported 3–4 percent range for each Nordic neighbor. No individual point estimates are given.
¹ The UK’s 8 percent is an upper bound.
² Sweden’s figure is approximate.