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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

  • Ranked number 1 on the 2021 EU Innovation Scoreboard 

  • 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

Map of Skåne

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