Sweden

Sweden - Türkiye

About Cooperation

Cooperation between Sweden and Turkey continues within the scope of EU Programmes.

Initiatives to sign cooperation agreements between the two countries in the fields of science, technology and innovation are underway. Within this scope, researchers from both countries are expected to cooperate in carrying out joint research projects supported through continuously and/or periodically open calls.

Academic Cooperation Statistics

Industrial Cooperation Statistics

Sweden and Turkey have collaborated in a total of 11 projects supported within the context of the EUREKA Programme between 2010-2016.

Furthermore, Sweden and Turkey have collaborated in a total of 4 projects supported within the context of the Eurostars Programme since the programme’s inception.

Framework Programs Statistics

The collaboration between Sweden and Turkey continues within the scope of the EU Framework Programmes. Statistical data on the collaboration of the two countries since the beginning of the programmes is provided below:

	Total in Framework Programs
Joint Project(s)	297	Project(s)
Turkey Budget	60	Million Euro
Sweden Budget	168	Million Euro

Capital

Stockholm

Ankara

Biggest City

Stockholm

Istanbul

Language(s)

Swedish

Turkish, Turkish

The Most Popular Religion(s)

Christianity, Other

Islam (89.5%)

Regime

Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy

Democracy

President

Kral XVI. Carl Gustaf

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Area (km²)

450,295

783,356

Population (Million)

83,614,362

Currency

Swedish Krona

Turkish lira (₺) (TRY)

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (Billion $)¹

636,8562021

817,5082021

World Economy Ranking¹

23,0002021

19,0002021

GDP per Capita ($)¹

60.929,6192021

9.654,0852021

Foreign Trade Volume (Billion $)²

156.076.732,3102018

202.817.845,0002018

Foreign Trade Volume Ranking²

31,0002018

26,0002018

Share of High Tech Production in Export (%)³

14,3752018

3,0442019

IMF
ITC Trade Map
World Bank

Total R&D Expenditure (Billion $) ¹

17.722,0732019

24.827,0092019

R&D Expenditure (%) ¹

3,3212019

1,2722019

Private Sector R&D Share (%) ¹

60,7572017

49,4482017

Number of Full-Time Researchers ¹

75.151,0002018

111.893,0002017

Number of Full-Time R&D Staff ¹

92.011,0002018

153.552,0002017

Field-Weighted Citation Impact ²

1,680

0,870

Citation per Publication ²

9,400

5,400

Publications by Topics (%) ²

Medicine	19.1
Biochemistry, Genetics ve Molecular Biology	8.7
Engineering	8.5
Physics and Astronomy	6.8
Computer Sciences	5.9
Social Sciences	5.9
Agriculture and Biological Sciences	5.4
Material Sciences	4.5
Earth and Planetary Sciences	2.8
Other	16.5

Medical Sciences	22.5
Engineering	10.7
Physics and Astronomy	6.4
Computer	5.8
Material	5.7
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology	5.2
Social Sciences	5.2
Agriculture	4.8
Mathematics	4.4

Publications in Top Journals (%) ²

39,900

14,000

Academy-Private Sector Cooperation in Publications (%) ²

5,100

1,500

Patent Applications ³

2,0002019

8,0002019

Publications with International Co-Authors (%) ¹

0,000

22,000

UNESCO
SciVal® database, Elsevier B.V., http://www.scival.com (downloaded: February 2020)
WIPO (2020)

2014 - 2019

Co-Authored Publications¹

1,681

Field-Weighted Citation Impact ¹

Sweden

Joint Publications

Türkiye 0.87

Joint Publications by Subject (%) ¹

Medicine	19.1
Biochemistry, Genetics ve Molecular Biology	8.7
Engineering	8.5
Physics and Astronomy	6.8
Computer Sciences	5.9
Social Sciences	5.9
Agriculture and Biological Sciences	5.4
Material Sciences	4.5
Earth and Planetary Sciences	2.8
Other	16.5

Medical Sciences	22.5
Engineering	10.7
Physics and Astronomy	6.4
Computer	5.8
Material	5.7
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology	5.2
Social Sciences	5.2
Agriculture	4.8
Mathematics	4.4

SciVal® database, Elsevier B.V., http://www.scival.com (downloaded: February 2020)

Total Exports (Billion $)¹

155,000 (2019)

Total Exports to Turkey (Billion $)¹

1,000 (2019)

Total Imports (Billion $)¹

149,000 (2019)

Total Imports by Turkey (Billion $)¹

259,000 (2019)

ITC Trade Map