Sweden
Kingdom of Sweden
- Capital
- Stockholm
- Region
- Northern Europe
- Population, 2025
- 11 million
- Currency
- SEK
- Area
- 450,295 km²
Across Sweden's 61 priced cities, one person needs about $2,012 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $3,193.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
67out of 100
- Purchasing power25%78
- Safety20%52
- Health care15%68
- Climate10%65
- Air quality10%99
- Connectivity10%74
- Cost10%26
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank among countries
- #30
What it costs
Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
63.1
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
22.6
New York = 100
Purchasing power
181.4
New York = 100
One person
$2,012
A month, rent included
Net salary
$3,193
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$1,050
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$63,133
2025
Growth
+1.5%
2025
Unemployment
8.7%
2025
Inflation
0.7%
2025
Life expectancy
84.1 years
2024
Internet users
96%
2025
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 52%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Lowest income tax rate
- 7.1%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 20.6%
- SourcePwC
- VAT or sales tax
- 25%
- SourcePwC
- Capital gains, individuals
- 30%
- SourcePwC
- Social security, employee
- 7%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Social security, employer
- 31.4%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Inheritance tax
- 0%
- SourceWikipedia
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 52.2
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 47.8
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2023
- 1.1
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #39 worldwide
- 196
- Mobile downloadMbps, median, #27 worldwide
- 133
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +15%
Cities in Sweden
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Gothenburg | 69 | 62.9 | $1,078 | $3,686 | 208.3 | 608.5K | High confidence, 105 contributors |
| 2Ludvika | 66 | 62.6 | $458 | $3,729 | 305.0 | 15.2K | Medium confidence, 17 contributors |
| 3Orebro | 66 | 61.9 | $687 | $3,178 | 224.7 | 156K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 4Vasteras | 66 | 59.5 | $755 | $3,003 | 208.2 | 127.8K | High confidence, 31 contributors |
| 5Eskilstuna | 66 | 57.5 | $713 | $4,204 | 304.8 | 67.4K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 6Uppsala | 65 | 65.6 | $915 | $3,113 | 187.3 | 177.1K | High confidence, 33 contributors |
| 7Lund | 65 | 60.9 | $872 | $3,001 | 191.9 | 87.2K | High confidence, 30 contributors |
| 8Trollhattan | 65 | 53.7 | $635 | $3,220 | 255.5 | 48.6K | Medium confidence, 14 contributors |
| 9Gavle | 65 | 57.7 | $573 | $3,130 | 248.4 | 74.9K | Medium confidence, 13 contributors |
| 10Marsta (Sigtuna) | 65 | 61.1 | — | $4,806 | 307.8 | 9.1K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 11Linkoping | 64 | 58.2 | $825 | $2,708 | 182.2 | 166.7K | High confidence, 43 contributors |
| 12Helsingborg | 64 | 63.1 | $856 | $2,910 | 184.5 | 104.3K | Medium confidence, 12 contributors |
| 13Jonkoping | 64 | 59.8 | $916 | $2,886 | 181.8 | 112.8K | High confidence, 24 contributors |
| 14Malmo | 63 | 64.1 | $1,050 | $3,193 | 181.4 | 362.1K | High confidence, 51 contributors |
| 15Norrkoping | 63 | 60.2 | $680 | $3,105 | 224.0 | 93.8K | High confidence, 23 contributors |
| 16Vaxjo | 63 | 56.1 | $814 | $3,184 | 219.6 | 71.3K | Medium confidence, 16 contributors |
| 17Akersberga | 63 | 61.9 | $764 | $3,323 | 224.3 | 32.7K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 18Boden | 63 | 60.4 | $916 | $3,883 | 243.4 | 16.8K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 19Angelholm (Ängelholm) | 63 | 64.3 | $611 | $2,850 | 206.7 | 23.2K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 20Sundsvall | 63 | 64.5 | $674 | $3,029 | 210.7 | 57.6K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 21Skovde | 63 | 61.4 | $814 | $3,360 | 221.1 | 36.8K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 22Ystad | 63 | 54.5 | $413 | $1,902 | 176.4 | 18.8K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 23Varberg | 62 | 58.9 | $814 | $3,156 | 212.3 | 34.2K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 24Stockholm | 62 | 71.5 | $1,758 | $3,680 | 148.6 | 1.5M | High confidence, 145 contributors |
| 25Umea | 62 | 64.4 | $764 | $2,708 | 178.9 | 130.2K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 26Halmstad | 62 | 57.0 | $594 | $2,315 | 182.5 | 70.5K | Medium confidence, 17 contributors |
| 27Södermalm | 62 | — | — | — | — | 127.3K | Low confidence |
| 28Sollentuna | 62 | 65.5 | $1,395 | $3,652 | 175.5 | 139.6K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 29Karlskrona | 62 | 59.7 | $679 | $2,520 | 182.8 | 66.7K | High confidence, 20 contributors |
| 30Visby | 62 | 56.3 | $733 | $2,545 | 184.3 | 23.4K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 31Uddevalla | 62 | 58.8 | $814 | $2,850 | 192.0 | 34.8K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 32Sala | 62 | 54.8 | $744 | $2,480 | 181.0 | 13.1K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 33Karlstad | 61 | 61.5 | $865 | $3,109 | 198.7 | 61.5K | High confidence, 26 contributors |
| 34Borlange | 61 | 64.1 | $585 | $2,393 | 176.6 | 42K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 35Staffanstorp | 61 | 60.7 | — | $2,997 | 192.5 | 15.4K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 36Haparanda | 61 | 58.8 | — | $2,925 | 191.0 | 6.7K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 37Taby | 61 | 62.3 | $1,018 | $3,386 | 198.2 | 58.1K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 38Kalmar | 61 | 59.4 | $916 | $2,912 | 184.1 | 38.4K | Medium confidence, 13 contributors |
| 39Lulea | 60 | 62.2 | $788 | $2,604 | 172.9 | 77.8K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 40Boras | 60 | 58.2 | — | $2,458 | 161.3 | 71.7K | Medium confidence, 12 contributors |
| 41Sodertalje | 59 | 64.6 | $1,069 | $3,156 | 176.9 | 70.8K | Medium confidence, 11 contributors |
| 42Mora | 59 | 62.8 | — | $2,480 | 156.6 | 12.6K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 43Solna | 59 | 60.5 | $1,425 | $3,760 | 184.1 | 66.9K | Medium confidence, 14 contributors |
| 44Landskrona | 58 | 59.7 | $765 | $1,985 | 136.5 | 32.2K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 45Sundbyberg | 58 | 62.1 | $1,085 | $2,584 | 146.4 | 34.5K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 46Falun | 58 | 62.8 | $1,239 | $2,943 | 154.2 | 37.3K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 47Varnamo | 57 | 62.4 | — | $2,069 | 131.0 | 19.1K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 48Stenungsund | 57 | 62.6 | — | $2,015 | 127.4 | 13.1K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 49Kristianstad | 56 | — | $764 | $2,545 | — | 39.8K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 50Skelleftea | 56 | 69.5 | $1,171 | $2,596 | 134.0 | 35.5K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 51Ornskoldsvik | 56 | — | — | $2,995 | — | 32.5K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 52Kiruna | 56 | — | $814 | $3,326 | — | 17K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 53Kalix | 56 | — | — | — | — | 7.5K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 54Lerum | 54 | 58.6 | — | — | — | 26.9K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 55Simrishamn | 54 | 58.5 | — | — | — | 6.8K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 56Botkyrka | 54 | 60.7 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 57Tumba | 54 | 62.1 | — | — | — | 40.8K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 58Höllviken | 54 | 61.5 | — | — | — | 14.9K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 59Lomma | 54 | 61.5 | — | — | — | 12.4K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 60Vetlanda | 54 | 62.4 | — | — | — | 13.4K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 61Fagersta | 54 | 63.9 | — | — | — | 11.9K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 62Skara | 54 | 63.5 | — | — | — | 11.4K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 63Hultsfred | 54 | 65.2 | — | — | — | 5.5K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 64Hagfors | 53 | 67.9 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 65Bollnäs | 53 | 69.2 | — | — | — | 13.7K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 66Almhult | 52 | 61.4 | $1,222 | — | — | 9.5K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |