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At the end of March and the beginning of April 2020, directly after COVID-19 hit Sweden, only ** percent of the companies in the supply, construction, and trade industries in Sweden experienced large problems with production due to delayed deliveries of components. Meanwhile, close to ** percent had small problems with deliveries and productions. However, in September 2021, things had changed significantly. Almost ** percent of the companies had large problems, around one third of them had small problems, and less than ** percent had no problems.

Reduced production and delivery capacity worldwide

After the outbreak of COVID-19 hit the world economy in 2020, there were problems both with the production of singular components such as microchips for cars and electronics, and delivery supply chains worldwide. Not only Sweden's economy was disrupted by this. In the fall of 2021, the United Kingdom experienced shortages of food and petrol.

Lorry drivers

One of the reasons for the lack of goods in the UK was a lack of lorry drivers due to COVID-19, Brexit, and tax changes. In Europe, the UK experienced the sharpest fall of truck drivers from 2016 to 2020 in absolute numbers, whereas Luxembourg had the highest relative fall. Romania, on the other hand, had the highest increase both in terms of number and percent. Sweden had a small, positive change during these four years.