Skåne County

Malmö

Skåne County · 365,644 inhabitants · 9 localities

Short answer: Malmö is in Skåne County. The municipality has 365,644 residents (Statistics Sweden 2024), making it Sweden's 3rd largest. The population has grown by 4.0% over the past five years. The main town is Malmö along with 8 other towns and villages.

the register

Facts

countySkåne County
main townMalmö
municipal tax32.4 %
municipality code1280
the localities

Localities in Malmö Municipality

3 more on the map

Urban areas, small localities and villages with their own page, by population.

At a glance

Key figures

Residents
365,644
Condominium
33,251 kr/m²
Average age
39.0 yrs
Growth 2021–2024
+4.0 %
Median income / yr
369 kSEK
Population, ranking
3 /290
About

Malmö

Malmö is in Skåne County. The municipality has 365,644 residents (Statistics Sweden 2024), making it Sweden's 3rd largest. The population has grown by 4.0% over the past five years. The main town is Malmö along with 8 other towns and villages.

Living here

What is it like to live in Malmö?

The median income is SEK 369,100 per year (2024). The average age is 39.0 years. The municipal tax rate is 32.42%. Unemployment was 10.1% in 2024.

Supply & price

What it costs to live here

Short answer: A house costs 6,059,000 SEK on average. That is the price actually paid in registered sales in 2024, not asking prices.

6,059,000 SEKis what a house costs on average here (2024)

The house price in Malmö is 6,059 thousand SEK. A flat costs 33,251 SEK per square metre. Over 3 years the price has changed by +0 %.

Price is rarely what decides whether a move is possible. Supply is: how many homes are on the market while you are looking. The calculation below the chart converts the average house price into a monthly cost on two median incomes, so the number can be compared with the rent you pay today.

6,03520216,51420225,81820236,0592024
Villapris, tkr
How we count

The house price is Kolada N07915: average price for registered house sales, that is prices paid and not asking prices. The flat price is N07908, SEK per square metre. New construction is N07916, completed homes per thousand residents. The price change is measured between the two years closest to five years apart in the series, with both years spelled out.

Preschool & school

Where the children spend their days

Short answer: 82.3 % of ninth-graders qualified for upper secondary school in 2024. The median municipality is at 82.5 %.

82.3 %of pupils qualified for upper secondary school (2024)

Eligibility for upper secondary school is 82.3 % (2024). 55.2 % of residents aged 25–64 have post-secondary education. The municipality has 8 higher education institutions and folk high schools: Malmö universitet, Glokala folkhögskolan, Hyllie Park folkhögskola, Kvarnby folkhögskola, Malmö folkhögskola, S:ta Maria folkhögskola, Skurups och Fridhems folkhögskola i Malmö, Östra Grevie folkhögskola i Malmö.

The eligibility figure above is the municipality's aggregate, not the individual school's. It says something about the system and little about one child: the spread between schools within a municipality is routinely larger than the difference between two municipal averages. That is why the schools are listed one by one at the end of this chapter, with the figures the National Agency for Education actually publishes per unit — and with empty cells where it does not.

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Qualified for upper secondary
Qualified for upper secondary
82.3 % of year 9 pupils
below the median municipality
the median municipality 82.5 %
Post-secondary educated
55.2 % of 25–64-year-olds
the median municipality 34.9 %
Institutions in the municipality
8 universities and folk high schools
Malmö universitet, Glokala folkhögskolan, Hyllie Park folkhögskola, Kvarnby folkhögskola, Malmö folkhögskola, S:ta Maria folkhögskola, Skurups och Fridhems folkhögskola i Malmö, Östra Grevie folkhögskola i Malmö
How we count

Upper-secondary eligibility is Kolada N15428: the share of year 9 pupils eligible for a vocational programme, all pupils of the home municipality regardless of provider. Post-secondary education is N01982. The institutions come from data/education_data.json. The school rows come from the National Agency for Education's open API (planned-educations) and carry the latest year with a value per school; preschools are OpenStreetMap points without quality data and are therefore not in the list.

Care & safety

If you fall ill, and whether you feel safe

Short answer: 62 % feel safe out in their own neighbourhood.

62 %feel safe in their neighbourhood

62 % say they feel safe in their neighbourhood (SALAR 2023). Reported violent crimes number 1,358 per 100,000 residents.

Safety and crime do not measure the same thing and do not always move together. The first is a survey question about how it feels, the second is reported offences, which also rise when more people choose to report. Read them side by side, not as checks on each other.

1,62420101,78420132016201920221,3582025
Reported violent crimes
Feel safe
62 % in their neighbourhood
SALAR citizen survey 2023
Reported violent crimes
1,358 per 100,000 residents
Brå 2025
Would recommend the municipality
59 /100
SALAR citizen survey 2024
How we count

The health centres and emergency departments are points from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), the same source as the map's "Health & care" layers. The count is the points located inside the municipality; the distances are as the crow flies from the main town and are searched across the whole country, so the nearest emergency department may well sit in another municipality. We deliberately show no "nearest hospital" row: OSM's hospital tag covers everything from university hospitals to osteopathy clinics, and such a row would have pointed at the wrong building. Waiting times per health centre do not exist as open, joinable data, and Kolada's measures of primary-care access are reported per REGION, not per municipality — which is why no such figure appears here. The safety figure is Kolada N00610 from Statistics Sweden's citizen survey on behalf of SALAR — a survey, so perceived safety. Violent crime is N07403, reported offences per 100,000 inhabitants according to Brå. The citizen index is N00670 or N00667, the municipality as a place to live. The bar chart shows five offence types per 100,000 inhabitants, reported by place of offence, and the national median beside it is computed across all 290 municipalities in the same year.

Labour market

Who is hiring

Short answer: Unemployment is 10.1 %. If two of you are moving, both need to find something — that is where a move most often falls apart.

10.1 %unemployment among 16–64-year-olds (2024)

Unemployment among 16–64-year-olds is 10.1 % (2024). Median income is 369 thousand SEK per year. 27.5 % of those in work commute out of the municipality. There are 115 workplaces per 1,000 residents, and 67 % of them have no employees.

An unemployment figure says how many are looking, not how broad the offering is. Out-commuting says more: if many commute out, the labour market is larger than the municipality, but you may also have to count on travel time every day. The vacancies card is fetched live from the Swedish Public Employment Service and shows the situation right now.

12.3202010.320218.920229.5202310.12024
Unemployment
Unemployment
10.1 % of the labour force aged 16–64
Kolada N02280, 2024
Median income
369 thousand SEK per year
Kolada N00906, 2024
Municipal tax
32.42 % municipality + region
the median municipality 33.53 %
Commute out
27.5 % of those in work
Kolada N02279, 2023
Workplaces
115 per 1,000 residents
own processing of Statistics Sweden data 2025
No employees
67 % of workplaces
Statistics Sweden business register 2025
How we count

Unemployment is Kolada N02280: openly unemployed and jobseekers in programmes, aged 16–64, as a share of the register-based labour force. Median income is N00906, aggregate earned income. Out-commuting is N02279. Workplaces come from Statistics Sweden's business register (2025); the per 1,000 residents figure is our own processing using Statistics Sweden's population for the same year.

Distance & commuting

How you get here and away

Short answer: 109,292 departures on an ordinary weekday. Weekends are thinner, and weekend service is what decides whether you can manage without a car.

109,292departures on an ordinary weekday

350 stops and stations on 148 lines. The municipality has rail service.

Frequency is what makes a difference day to day, not whether a line exists on the map. A line with three departures a day cannot be planned around. The journey planner computes door to door by train, bus and car, so you can test the trip you would actually make.

How we count

Stops, lines and departures are counted from Samtrafiken's GTFS feed for a normal week. A stop is counted once even if several lines call there. Travel times in the journey planner are computed by our own MOTIS instance on the same GTFS data plus OpenStreetMap's road network. The airport at the bottom is the one with the most domestic routes among those at most 50 km farther than the nearest, measured as the crow flies from the main town. It is not necessarily the fastest to reach, and the route list is scheduled domestic traffic, without charter or international routes.

Commuting

Commuting and public transport over time

Short answer: 39.4 % of those working in Malmö commute in, and 28.9 % of working residents commute out (2024).

Commuting in and out · 2024

39.4 % / 28.9 %

27 %39 %20202024

Commuting inCommuting outKolada N02276 / N02279

Share of the employed who cross the municipal border to get to work.

Departures on a normal weekday, week 7 · 2026

111,041

+7.9 % since 2020

111,04195,51320202026

Week 7, the same week every yearKoDa · Trafiklab

Departures from stops in the municipality on a normal weekday, measured in the same week every year from Trafiklab's historical timetables. Departures are not the same as trips: a trip calling at fewer stops produces fewer departures. The series is based on Skånetrafiken.

Close to public transport · 2024

96.9 %

−0.4 percentage points since 2014

96.8 %97.6 %20142024

Share of residentsKolada N07418

Share of residents with a stop within 500 metres, counting stops with at least one departure an hour on weekdays 06 to 20. It measures access, not how much traffic runs, so it has its own chart.

How we count

Commuting is Kolada N02276 and N02279, share of the employed. Departures are counted from KoDa's archive of GTFS timetables in the same ISO week each year, for operators present throughout; departures are stop calls, not trips. Access is Kolada N07418, in percentage points.

Oil shock

How hard does a higher oil price hit households in Malmö?

Short answer: If pump prices rise 20 %, a household in Malmö pays roughly SEK 1,460 more a year for petrol and diesel, against SEK 2,620 in the median municipality (2025, model).

Extra cost if fuel gets 20 % dearer · 2025

1,460 SEK per household a year

Median municipality: 2,620 SEK per household a year

3,0401,46020152025

MalmöNational medianModel on Trafikanalys and SCB data

A model, not statistics: cars per household × the county's mileage × 0.065 litres per km × SEK 17 per litre × 20 %. Linear, so 40 % gives twice as much.

The oil shock on the map

Petrol, diesel and hybrid cars · 2025

0.57 per household

Median municipality: 1.03 per household

0.571.1420152025

MalmöNational medianTrafikanalys

Passenger cars in traffic at year end that run on petrol or diesel, divided by the number of households. Leased and company cars count where the company is registered.

Mileage per car in the county · 2025

1,160 Swedish miles a year

Median municipality: 1,150 Swedish miles a year

1,0831,21420152025

MalmöNational medianTrafikanalys

Only available per county and for all passenger cars, so municipalities in the same county share the figure. A Swedish mile is 10 km.

Heating oil in homes · 2024

7 kWh per household a year

Median municipality: 19 kWh per household a year

38520152024

MalmöNational medianSCB EN0203

Fossil liquid fuel in houses and blocks of flats. Statistics Sweden withholds some municipalities.

How we count

Extra cost is a model, not statistics: the municipality's petrol, diesel and hybrid cars in traffic (Trafikanalys) divided by the number of households (Statistics Sweden), times the county's average mileage per passenger car (Trafikanalys, not available per municipality), 0.065 litres per km, SEK 17 per litre and a price rise of 20 %. The model does not account for people driving less when prices rise, for company cars or for leased cars being registered where the company is. Heating oil is Statistics Sweden's final use of fossil liquid fuel in homes. The sub measures are shown separately; we do not combine them into an index. Our own processing, not official Trafikanalys statistics.

Nature & outdoor life

The nature around you

Short answer: 3 nature reserves within the municipal boundary, 7 km² of protected land in total.

3nature reserves in the municipality

Protected land, lakes, trails and the national parks within reach of Malmö.

Distances are as the crow flies from the main locality, which is the most honest we can be without knowing where in the municipality you would live. A national park 120 km away is a weekend trip, not a Sunday walk — the figures are there to tell the two apart.

How we count

Nature reserves and protected area come from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency's open data, lakes and watercourses from Lantmäteriet's map data, trails from OpenStreetMap and bathing spots from the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management's bathing site register. Distances to national parks are as the crow flies from the municipality's largest locality.

Natural hazards

Natural hazards in Malmö

Short answer: The county boards have mapped 17 flood areas in Malmö between 1901 and 2011. The Swedish Forest Agency has mapped no forest fire in Malmö since 2018.

Past floods

17 mapped areas

Most in 2007 (11)

County administrative boards 1901 to 2011, CC0

One point per mapped flood and place in the county boards' national register. A single large flood can give many areas, and older events are less well documented, so a municipality with no hits may still have flooded.

Show the floods on the map

Forest fires since 2018

None mapped

No fires of 0.5 ha or more

Swedish Forest Agency, CC0

Burnt areas of at least 0.5 hectares, mapped by the Swedish Forest Agency from satellite images and rescue service alarms. Fires with an unknown year are included.

Show the fires on the map

Satellite fire detections since 2021

6 detections

of which 1 strong (over 10 MW), latest 2026-06-20

SMHI, CC BY 4.0

A detection is a heat anomaly seen by a satellite, usually a fire but not a confirmed one. Cloud hides most of it, so the figure is a lower bound.

Show the detections on the map

Coastal erosion

2.0 km

0.00 km highly sensitive, 0.50 km with observed ongoing erosion

SGU, CC BY 4.0

Coastline assessed by SGU, from Skåne to Halland and western Blekinge. The rest of the coast is not mapped. Sensitivity says how easily the coast erodes; observed erosion is a bluff that is actually collapsing.

Show the erosion on the map

Groundwater

1 station

SGU

SGU measures the groundwater level at stations across the country. How the level compares with earlier years keeps changing, so it is shown on the map, not here.

Show the levels on the map

Fire bans

Live on the map

County administrative board decisions

County administrative boards, CC BY 4.0

The county administrative board decides on fire bans in dry periods, and the situation changes several times a week. That is why it is shown live on the map instead of in a page that is rebuilt now and then.

Show the fire bans on the map
How we count

The figures are our own counts from the sources' map data: points and burnt areas belong to the municipality they lie in, zones and coastlines are clipped to the municipal border. Landslide risk and coastal erosion are only mapped in some areas, so a municipality with no figure there is unmapped, not risk free. SGU's landslide mapping, flood mapping, ground movement and groundwater aquifers exist as map layers but are not counted per municipality here. The sources are coarse and show where the risk should be investigated, not that it exists.

Through the year

The light, the snow and the wind

Short answer: It snows on 6 days a year here. But it is the December darkness people underestimate, not the cold.

6days with snowfall a year

6 days with snowfall a year. 6.3 hours of sunshine per day on average across the year.

How we count

Daylight is derived from the municipality's latitude using the standard sunrise/sunset formula, ignoring clouds and horizon. Snowfall days and sunshine hours come from SMHI: a snowfall day is a day with at least 1 mm of precipitation and a below-freezing daily mean at the nearest station, median over the 1991-2020 normal period, which is not the same as how many days snow lies on the ground. Sunshine hours are SMHI's STRÅNG radiation model 2020-2024. The wind curves come from SMHI station observations 1991-2020, one file per municipality; when it is missing the cards are hidden rather than showing zeroes.

Population

How many live here, and which way it is heading

Short answer: 365,644 residents, +4.0 % over five years. The pace decides whether schools, care and services expand or shrink.

365,644residents in 2024

365,644 residents in 2024. The population has changed by +4.0 % over five years.

The direction matters more than the level. A growing municipality builds out schools, care and shops; a shrinking one closes them, and it shows first in the smaller town. The only projection on this entire page is Statistics Sweden's population forecast — we never draw a trend line through gaps in the data.

351,7492021357,3772022362,1332023365,6442024
Residents
Residents
365,644 on 31 December 2024
Growth 5 yrs
+4.0 % change in population
growing
Average pension
261,986 kr total pension per year
women 232,682 kr, men 296,834 kr
Source: Swedish Pensions Agency 2025
State pension
185,076 kr average per year
Source: Swedish Pensions Agency 2025
How we count

Population is Kolada N01951, Statistics Sweden's register-based population on 31 December. The five-year change is measured between the two years in the series closest to five years apart, with both years spelled out. The projection is Statistics Sweden's regional population forecast and exists only for population.

Time analysis

How Malmö has developed

Short answer: Malmö had 264,563 residents in 1970 and 367,924 in 2025. Statistics Sweden projects 389,143 by 2035.

Population · 2025

367,924

+39.1 % since 1970

229k389k197020352025

Observed 1970 to 2025Statistics Sweden projection to 2035: 389,143Kolada N01951

Compared with Sweden: Malmö has changed +39.1 % since 1970, Sweden as a whole +31.2 %.

That would mean 389,143 residents in 2035. Your own what if, not a forecast.

Milestones

  1. 1970First year in the series: 264,563 residents
  2. 1973Largest fall in one year: −6,602
  3. 2009Largest rise in one year: +7,374
  4. 2025Latest figure: 367,924 residents
  5. 2035Statistics Sweden projection: 389,143 residents

Kolada N01951 · SCB

House price · 2025

6,284 kSEK

+1,344.6 % since 1981

6,51426319812025

Observed 1981 to 2025National medianKolada N07915

Median income · 2024

369,100 kr

+130.5 % since 1998

160k388k19982024

Observed 1998 to 2024National medianKolada N00906

Unemployment · 2025

9.8 %

+8.4 % since 2010

9.0 %11.8 %20102025

Observed 2010 to 2025Kolada N03920

Unemployment benefit · 2025

7.8 %

−55.6 % since 1999

17.6 %5.8 %19992025

Observed 1999 to 2025Kolada N02890

How we count

Observed population from Statistics Sweden via Kolada. The projection is Statistics Sweden's own official population projection; we do not calculate it ourselves. Average price for registered house purchases. Housing prices are deliberately NOT projected: they revert strongly to the mean over five years, so a linear trend often gets the sign wrong in exactly the interval you want to predict. Total earned income, MEDIAN for residents aged 20–64 (Kolada N00906). No projection; we show outcomes only. Unemployment over time is Kolada N03920: unemployed registered with the Public Employment Service as a share of the whole population aged 18 to 65, not of the labour force, and therefore lower than the figure under Jobs (N02280, only available from 2020). No projection, because the business cycle drives it and it is not linear. Unemployment benefit is Kolada N02890: share of residents aged 20 to 64 who received unemployment insurance at some point during the year, from IAF. It is the longest series, from 1999, but only counts those entitled to benefit. The national median is the median of all municipalities in the same year, from the same Kolada series. The what if slider only scales Statistics Sweden's own path.

Politics and finances

Who governs Malmö, and how are its finances?

Short answer: Governance in Malmö in 2025: cross-bloc coalition. The balanced budget result was 1.0 % in 2025. In 2026 the municipality received 19,265 SEK per resident in equalisation.

Balanced budget result · 2025

1.0 %

National median 1.5 %

4.0 %−1.3 %20082025

MalmöNational medianKolada N03139

The year's result excluding capital gains, as a share of tax, state grants and equalisation. The law requires it to be positive, and about 2 % is usually seen as sound management.

Equity ratio 2025
45.8 % national median 40.0 %
Tax revenue 2025
51,437 SEK/resident national median 54,834 SEK/resident
Cost level vs. structure 2025
4.4 % national median 3.5 %
Municipal finances year by year on the map

Equalisation · 2026

19,265 SEK per resident

receives · 7,092 million SEK

19,265 kr9,445 kr20052026

MalmöSCB OE0115

What the municipality receives (plus) or pays (minus) in the municipal equalisation system. LSS equalisation is a separate system and not included. Income equalisation is the largest part, and the latest year is Statistics Sweden's estimate for the current year.

Equalisation part by part on the map
How we count

Governance is SKR's classification via Kolada (N05829). SKR counts MP as a left party only from 2022, so a municipality can change category between 2018 and 2022 without its governance changing. The election result is the municipal council election from SCB ME0104, not the general election. Finances refer to the municipality as an organisation, from Statistics Sweden's accounts via Kolada; the national median is the median of all municipalities in the same year.

The municipality's money

How Malmö spends its money

Short answer: Of every 100 kronor, 44 go to schools and 41 to care (2025). That is 4 % more per resident than in similar municipalities. Debt is 51,925 kr per resident.

Out of 100 tax kronor · 2025

44 kr to schools

and 41 kr to care

  1. Compulsory school20 kr
  2. Preschool and after school16 kr
  3. Upper secondary school7 kr
  4. Adult education2 kr
  5. Elderly care15 kr
  6. Disability support11 kr
  7. Social services15 kr
  8. Streets, parks and rescue6 kr
  9. Culture and leisure6 kr
  10. Labour market and refugees2 kr
  11. Politics and audit1 kr
  12. Other, incl. primary care and mobility service1 kr

SCB OE0107

Kronor of every 100 the services cost net, i.e. what is paid with tax, state grants and equalisation. Click the ring for the row.

Every municipality's costs on the map

Versus similar municipalities · 2025

71,287 kr

per resident, similar municipalities 68,651 kr

Compulsory school
14,175 kr −7 %similar 15,218 kr
Preschool and after school
11,109 kr +17 %similar 9,478 kr
Upper secondary school
4,753 kr −11 %similar 5,336 kr
Adult education
1,242 kr +38 %similar 900 kr
Elderly care
10,622 kr −14 %similar 12,357 kr
Disability support
7,773 kr −4 %similar 8,086 kr
Social services
10,572 kr +69 %similar 6,239 kr
Streets, parks and rescue
4,514 kr −8 %similar 4,932 kr
Culture and leisure
4,288 kr +18 %similar 3,620 kr
Labour market and refugees
1,301 kr +58 %similar 823 kr

Similar municipalities are RKA’s seven most alike: Uppsala, Norrköping, Helsingborg, Halmstad, Borås, Örebro, Västerås.

Cost level versus structure · 2025

+4 %

more than its structure justifies

Compulsory school
−5 %
Preschool
−1 %
Upper secondary
+3 %
Elderly care
+4 %
LSS
+8 %
Social services
+19 %

RKA via Kolada

How much more (+) or less (−) the municipality spends than ages, distances and socio-economics justify under cost equalisation. Plus is not wrong: it can be a choice to invest.

What a place costs per year · 2025

145,194 kr

per compulsory school pupil

Per compulsory school pupil
145,194 kr 0 %Sweden 145,505 kr
Per preschool child
198,534 kr +1 %Sweden 195,903 kr
Per upper secondary student
148,928 kr +8 %Sweden 137,983 kr
Per care home resident
1,203,396 kr +7 %Sweden 1,125,650 kr
Per home care recipient
385,891 kr +0 %Sweden 384,970 kr

Kolada (RKA)

Net cost per resident · 2025

71,287 kr

+40.7 % since 2015

49,281 kr71,287 kr20152025

MalmöSwedenSCB OE0107

Current prices: part of the increase is wages and prices, not more services.

Investment per resident · 2025

7,361 kr

Sweden 9,335 kr

6.1k20152017201920217.7k20237.4k2025
Capital expenditure per resident

SCB OE0107

Yearly average 2023 to 2025 by area below. Investment through municipal companies is excluded.

Streets, parks and rescue
2,977 kr
Schools and preschools
2,575 kr
Culture and leisure
1,052 kr
Water, energy, housing and ports
377 kr
Health and care
250 kr
Shared premises and IT
246 kr

Largest investments · 2025

Multisportbyggnad med kontor och gymnasieskola, Stadionområdet

1,020 mnkr decided total expenditure

  1. Multisportbyggnad med kontor och gymnasieskola, Stadionområdet1,020 mnkr
  2. Ny Malmö stadion633 mnkr
  3. Simanläggning på Heleneholm556 mnkr
  4. Ny gymnasieskola, Makrillen 3495 mnkr
  5. Grundskola i Hyllie, Rundstickan 1404 mnkr
  6. Södervärn, Dalaplan m.fl. (Storstadspaketet)400 mnkr
  7. Skola och gymnastiksal, Mölledalsskolan 1364 mnkr
  8. Citadellsfogen, detaljplan 5565350 mnkr

Årsredovisning 2025, Malmö stad

From the municipality's own report (in Swedish); each row links to its page. Amounts are the whole project where reported, otherwise the year's spend.

The full annual report (PDF, Swedish)

Where the money comes from · 2025

63 kr of 100 is tax

82,615 kr in per resident

  1. Municipal tax63 kr
  2. State grants and equalisation24 kr
  3. Earmarked state grants5 kr
  4. Fees and charges5 kr
  5. Rents and leases4 kr

SCB OE0107

State grants in the central government budget

Long term debt per resident · 2025

51,925 kr

Sweden 62,738 kr

62,738 kr25,431 kr20152025

MalmöSwedenSCB OE0107

The municipality as an organisation. A jump is usually an internal bank: the municipality borrows and lends on to its companies.

Pension liability on the balance sheet
12,432 krSweden 8,913 kr
Interest cost per year
1,030 krSweden 1,707 kr
How we count

Net cost is what services cost after fees, rents and earmarked state grants, i.e. what is paid with tax, general state grants and equalisation. It comes from Statistics Sweden's municipal accounts (OE0107), in current prices, divided by the population on 31 December. Business operations such as water and municipal companies are excluded, so a municipality that runs schools or premises through a company looks cheaper in investments. Similar municipalities are RKA's seven most structurally similar ones (Kolada). Cost level is RKA's net cost deviation: how much more or less the municipality spends than its structure justifies according to cost equalisation. Long term debt also includes loans passed on to municipal companies.

Questions

Common questions about Malmö

What is it like to live in Malmö?

Malmö has 365,644 residents and is in Skåne County. The average age is 39.0 years. The median income is SEK 369,100 per year. 62% of residents say they feel safe in the municipality. The mean annual temperature is 9.2 °C.

How many people live in Malmö?

365,644 people lived in Malmö Municipality in 2024 according to Statistics Sweden, making it Sweden's 3rd largest municipality. The population has risen by 4.0% in five years.

What does it cost to live in Malmö?

A condominium costs on average SEK 33,251 per m² (2024). A detached house costs on average SEK 6.1 million. The municipal tax rate is 32.42%.

What is the job market like in Malmö?

Unemployment in Malmö was 10.1% in 2024. The median income is SEK 369,100 per year. 55.2% of residents have post-secondary education.

What is it like to be a student in Malmö?

Malmö is home to Malmö universitet. 55.2% of residents have post-secondary education. Condominium prices are SEK 33,251 per m².

What is Malmö like for families with children?

82.3% of pupils in Malmö qualify for upper secondary school (2024). The municipality spends SEK 119,520 per child per year on preschool. 62% feel safe in the municipality.

What is the weather and climate like in Malmö?

The mean annual temperature in Malmö is 9.2 °C. In a typical year the warmest day reaches 30 °C and the coldest night -12 °C. 664 mm of precipitation falls each year, spread over 113 rainy days and 6 of them below freezing. The sun shines an average of 6.3 hours a day.

Is Malmö a safe place to live?

62% of residents in Malmö say they feel safe (2023). Reported violent crimes stand at 1,358 per 100,000 residents.

Which towns are in Malmö Municipality?

The largest towns in Malmö Municipality are Malmö, Bunkeflostrand, Oxie, Klagshamn, Skumparp, Toarp, Tygelsjö, Vintrie, Västra Klagstorp.

The county

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