Sweden
Donor Rankings, 2023
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
1,818
Maternal deaths averted
960,620
Unintended pregnancies prevented
312,752
Unsafe abortions prevented
1,444,375
Women and young people reached with integrated sexual and reproductive health services
342,370
Sexually transmitted infections prevented by provision of female and male condoms
4,589,904
Couple year protections generated
465
Women and girls living with obstetric fistula received treatment
7,864
HIV infections prevented by provision of female and male condoms
529,604
Marginalized girls were reached by life skills programmes
48,296
Women, adolescents and youth benefited from the high-quality services related to harmful practices
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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News & Updates
New York 29 April 2024 – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) will join global leaders to call for renewed commitment towards progress on eradicating preventable maternal and newborn deaths at a 29 April event during the 57th Session of the Commission on Population and Development.
At this ministerial event, UNFPA and the Governments of Bangladesh, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sweden, Tanzania and the United Kingdom will celebrate national successes in improving maternal health outcomes; and call on governments to adopt…
