
Skåne & Sweden by the numbers
Skåne
- 1.3 million population
- 25 million consumers within reach in Scandinavia
- 125 million consumers within reach in northern Europe
- 10% of all Nordic company headquarters are based in the area
- 398,000 SEK GRP per capita for the region
- 122,000 companies in the region
- 2,500 foreign-owned companies in the region
- 82 billion SEK in retail sales in 2018 in the region
Malmö
- The third largest city of Sweden (after Stockholm and Göteborg)
- 25.3 billion SEK in retail sales in 2018
- 5 times more games studios, approximately per capita, than London and Montreal
- 1.9 million commercial overnight stays in 2018, an increase of 3%
Sweden
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Ranked number 1 on the 2021 EU Innovation Scoreboard
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2nd on the 2020 WIPO Global Innovation Index
- 2nd in the world for English skills out of all non-native English speaking countries in 2019 (EF English Proficiency Index 2019)
- 87 billion SEK in new foreign direct investments for 2018
- 64% of 2017’s GDP was foreign direct investment stock
- 10th out of 190 countries by ease of doing business rank in 2019
- 1.2% GDP growth in 2019