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Skåne & Sweden by the numbers

Skåne

  • 1.4 million population
  • 28 million consumers within reach in Scandinavia 
  • 125 million consumers within reach in northern Europe
  • 451,000 SEK GRP per capita for the region 
  • 122,000 companies registered in the region
  • 2,913 foreign-owned companies in the region (2021)
     

Malmö

  • 357,377 residents make Malmö Sweden’s third largest city (after Stockholm and Göteborg)
  • 36% of Malmö’s population (aged 25-64 years) have at least a 3-year post-secondary education. 
  • 26 995 mSEK in retail sales (2021)
  • SEK 3,200/sqm/year was the rent level in Malmö (2022)
  • 3,153 new companies were started in Malmö (2022)
     

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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Page updated 13 Nov 2023, at 16:18