Europe & Central Asia · GDP rank #22

Sweden

SE · SEK @ 0.1069/USD

Tab 05

Cross-border

Inbound and outbound remittance corridors, tourism flows, FX markup on retail cross-border, and the country's posture on stablecoin adoption. Corridor figures come from the World Bank RPW feed or the publishing central bank; both are cited when they disagree.

Reported inbound corridors

$1.2B

2 corridors

Reported outbound corridors

$1.3B

3 corridors

Avg. consumer FX markup

1.6%

Trend · stable

Top inbound corridors

  • Norway$900.0M

    1.9% cost

  • Germany$300.0M

    1.3% cost

Top outbound corridors

  • Finland$800.0M

    1.2% cost

  • Poland$300.0M

    2.4% cost

  • Iraq$200.0M

    4.8% cost

FX cost

What consumers pay above the interbank

Retail FX markup is the spread between the mid-market rate and the rate the consumer receives — the single largest friction point in small-ticket cross-border.

Nordic-internal corridors (NO, DK, FI) are among the lowest-cost globally via Nordea, SEB and Danske Bank; EMI competitors (Wise, Revolut) have >1m Swedish customers combined.

Consumer FX markup vs 3% ceiling

0.0%benchmark 3.0%1.6%

Benchmark 3% is the G20 target for average remittance corridor cost; above the mark is expensive by policy standard.

Trend · stable

Riksbank

Stablecoin posture · regulated

MiCA applies; Finansinspektionen is the competent authority; no SEK-pegged stablecoin issuer licensed yet.