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ÄlmhultprofileMarkarydprofile

Overview

Älmhult
County: Kronobergs län
Population 2025: 17,602
Full municipal profile
Markaryd
County: Kronobergs län
Population 2025: 9,868
Full municipal profile

Quick comparison

Sverigefakta does not rank municipalities as good or bad. “Highest” and “Lowest” describe only the numeric value among the selected municipalities.

Population (31 Dec)
2025 · people

Älmhult
17,602 peopleHighest
Markaryd
9,868.0 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)

Population change, 5 years
2025 · %

Älmhult
-1.6 %Highest
Markaryd
-4.9 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)

Municipal tax rate (%)
2025 · %

Älmhult
21.9 %Highest
Markaryd
21.3 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
21.7

Median income, 20+
2024 · SEK

Älmhult
359,400 SEKHighest
Markaryd
322,800 SEKLowest
National (municipal mean)
345,416

Year 9 pupils eligible for vocational upper secondary programmes (%)
2025 · %

Älmhult
82.1 %Highest
Markaryd
72.6 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
81.5

Overcrowding in apartment blocks (norm 2), share (%)
2025 · %

Älmhult
19.5 %Highest
Markaryd
19.3 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
13.5

Life expectancy, women
2025 · years

Älmhult
85.6 yearsHighest
Markaryd
85.0 yearsLowest
National (municipal mean)
84.7

Reported violent offences (per 100,000)
2025 · /100k

Älmhult
823.1 /100kHighest
Markaryd
646.5 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
885.9
Data points (observation IDs)

Population (31 Dec) over time

2002–2025 · people · Municipalities

Verified time series for the selected municipalities, same definition and same years.

Population (31 Dec) over time: Älmhult moves from 15,444 (2002) to 17,602 (2025) — up 2,158 people. Full values are available in the data table below (2002–2025, Municipalities).

Population (31 Dec) over time · people · 2002–2025 · Municipalities
YearÄlmhultMarkaryd
2 00215 4449 615
2 00315 4379 594
2 00415 4219 636
2 00515 3469 571
2 00615 3689 613
2 00715 3789 641
2 00815 4119 600
2 00915 5709 559
2 01015 6039 619
2 01115 6299 513
2 01215 7249 477
2 01315 7599 515
2 01415 9089 549
2 01516 1689 779
2 01616 6189 991
2 01717 14810 170
2 01817 56810 260
2 01917 65110 320
2 02017 88410 373
2 02117 96310 320
2 02218 09210 166
2 02317 93210 076
2 02417 6539 938
2 02517 6029 868

Method: Only years where every selected municipality has a verified value are shown.

Source: SCB BE0101N1

Comparison by topic

Population

Annual population change
2025 · people

Älmhult
-51.0 peopleHighest
Markaryd
-70.0 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)

Population change, 10 years
2025 · %

Älmhult
8.9 %Highest
Markaryd
0.9 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)

Residents aged 0–19, share (%)
2025 · %

Älmhult
25.0 %Highest
Markaryd
21.9 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
22.0

Residents aged 20–64, share (%)
2025 · %

Älmhult
53.8 %Highest
Markaryd
52.4 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
52.6

Residents aged 65–79, share (%)
2025 · %

Älmhult
14.6 %Lowest
Markaryd
17.3 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
17.6

Residents aged 80+, share (%)
2025 · %

Älmhult
6.7 %Lowest
Markaryd
8.5 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
7.8

Deaths, number
2025 · people

Älmhult
141.0 peopleHighest
Markaryd
113.0 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)
318.1

Births, number
2025 · people

Älmhult
138.0 peopleHighest
Markaryd
86.0 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)
336.2

Demographic dependency ratio
2025 · ratio

Älmhult
0.86 ratioLowest
Markaryd
0.91 ratioHighest
National (municipal mean)
0.91

In-migration to the municipality
2025 · people

Älmhult
914.0 peopleHighest
Markaryd
528.0 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)
2,132.5

Net domestic migration
2025 · people

Älmhult
-105.0 peopleLowest
Markaryd
-60.0 peopleHighest
National (municipal mean)
0.1

Out-migration from the municipality
2025 · people

Älmhult
978.0 peopleHighest
Markaryd
580.0 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)
2,091.4
Data points (observation IDs)

Work

Residents receiving social assistance during the year, share of population (%)
2025 · %

Älmhult
2.6 %Highest
Markaryd
1.3 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
2.4

Employed refugees/family reunified 20–64, 4–6 years of residence, share (%)
2024 · %

Älmhult
47.7 %Lowest
Markaryd
72.7 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
61.2

Households receiving social assistance, number
2025 · households

Älmhult
225.0 householdsHighest
Markaryd
49.0 householdsLowest
National (municipal mean)
522.6

Employment rate, foreign-born 20–64 (%)
2024 · %

Älmhult
71.5 %Highest
Markaryd
71.0 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
70.2

Residents aged 16–24 not in employment, education or training (%)
2024 · %

Älmhult
7.5 %Lowest
Markaryd
8.6 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
6.9
Data points (observation IDs)

Economy & tax

Net cost of elderly care, SEK per resident
2025 · SEK/resident

Älmhult
14,193 SEK/residentLowest
Markaryd
18,977 SEK/residentHighest
National (municipal mean)
17,158

Net cost of social services (IFO), SEK per resident
2025 · SEK/resident

Älmhult
3,484.2 SEK/residentLowest
Markaryd
4,175.7 SEK/residentHighest
National (municipal mean)
5,333.4

Net income as share of tax revenue & general grants (%)
2025 · %

Älmhult
2.2 %Highest
Markaryd
-1.8 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
3.5

Tax base per resident (SEK)
2025 · SEK

Älmhult
306,730 SEKHighest
Markaryd
258,218 SEKLowest
National (municipal mean)
280,284

Equity ratio, municipality (%)
2025 · %

Älmhult
23.5 %Lowest
Markaryd
41.4 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
40.5
Data points (observation IDs)

Schools

Year 9 pupils eligible for vocational programmes, municipal schools (%)
2025 · %

Älmhult
82.1 %Highest
Markaryd
72.6 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
80.8

Year 9 pupils passing all subjects (%)
2025 · %

Älmhult
60.4 %Highest
Markaryd
58.1 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
67.9

Upper-secondary students graduating within 3 years, home municipality (%)
2025 · %

Älmhult
55.6 %Lowest
Markaryd
63.1 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
69.3

Upper-secondary students graduating within 4 years, home municipality (%)
2025 · %

Älmhult
67.3 %Lowest
Markaryd
68.5 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
73.5

Year 9 average merit rating, home municipality (17 subjects)
2025 · points

Älmhult
218.0 pointsHighest
Markaryd
197.0 pointsLowest
National (municipal mean)
218.3

Year 9 merit rating, municipality of location (17 subjects)
2025 · points

Älmhult
218.4 pointsHighest
Markaryd
200.0 pointsLowest
National (municipal mean)
217.0
Data points (observation IDs)

Housing

Completed dwellings
2025 · dwellings

Älmhult
46.0 dwellingsHighest
Markaryd
4.0 dwellingsLowest
National (municipal mean)
108.1

Rental dwellings, number per 1,000 residents
2025 · per 1,000 residents

Älmhult
177.0 per 1,000 residentsLowest
Markaryd
190.8 per 1,000 residentsHighest
National (municipal mean)
171.6

Completed detached houses per 1,000 residents
2025 · per 1,000 residents

Älmhult
0.2 per 1,000 residentsLowest
Markaryd
0.4 per 1,000 residentsHighest
National (municipal mean)
0.6

Apartment price, SEK/m²
2025 · SEK/m²

Älmhult
14,842 SEK/m²Highest
Markaryd
5,994.0 SEK/m²Lowest
National (municipal mean)
17,205

House prices, detached houses, SEK/m²
2025 · SEK/m²

Älmhult
17,340 SEK/m²Highest
Markaryd
9,391.0 SEK/m²Lowest
National (municipal mean)
21,704

Overcrowding in apartment blocks (norm 3), share (%)
2025 · %

Älmhult
42.2 %Lowest
Markaryd
44.8 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
36.4
Data points (observation IDs)

Health

Life expectancy, men
2025 · years

Älmhult
83.0 yearsHighest
Markaryd
81.3 yearsLowest
National (municipal mean)
81.3

Residential elderly care users satisfied overall (%)
2025 · %

Älmhult
82.2 %Lowest
Markaryd
85.7 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
78.1

Ongoing stress-related sick leave, annual average share of population (%)
2025 · %

Älmhult
0.4 %Highest
Markaryd
0.3 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
0.5
Data points (observation IDs)

Crime

Reported offences against liberty and peace (per 100,000)
2025 · /100k

Älmhult
1,464.6 /100kLowest
Markaryd
1,535.4 /100kHighest
National (municipal mean)
1,418.9

Reported offences, total (per 100,000)
2025 · /100k

Älmhult
10,019 /100kLowest
Markaryd
11,323 /100kHighest
National (municipal mean)
9,856.9

Reported economic crime (per 100,000)
2025 · /100k

Älmhult
2,463.7 /100kHighest
Markaryd
2,010.1 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
2,075.2

Reported gross violation of a woman's integrity (per 100,000)
2025 · /100k

Älmhult
5.7 /100kHighest
Markaryd
0.0 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
8.4

Reported drug offences (per 100,000)
2025 · /100k

Älmhult
811.8 /100kLowest
Markaryd
1,323.2 /100kHighest
National (municipal mean)
825.5

Reported sexual offences (per 100,000)
2025 · /100k

Älmhult
198.7 /100kHighest
Markaryd
141.4 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
187.2
Data points (observation IDs)

Politics

Assignments per elected municipal politician
2025 · assignments/politician

Älmhult
1.9 assignments/politicianHighest
Markaryd
1.7 assignments/politicianLowest
National (municipal mean)
1.8

Residents per elected municipal politician
2025 · residents/politician

Älmhult
171.4 residents/politicianHighest
Markaryd
112.9 residents/politicianLowest
National (municipal mean)
221.4

Elected municipal politicians part-time, share (%)
2025 · %

Älmhult
1.9 %Lowest
Markaryd
3.4 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
2.5

Elected municipal politicians full-time, share (%)
2025 · %

Älmhult
1.0 %Lowest
Markaryd
1.1 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
1.5
Data points (observation IDs)

Calculated and specialised measures

The measures below are not official municipal observations in the same sense as the tables above. They are calculated by Sverigefakta or taken from situation reports and model estimates, and are therefore reported separately.

Estimated net cost per resident per year
Model estimate
Note: Model estimate = (received / 5) × Ruist's average annual net cost per person (SEK 74,000 in 2018 prices, inflation-adjusted) / population. It covers only the last five years of reception and is not official municipal accounting.

Älmhult
-99 SEK
Markaryd
-126 SEK
National
About the data. The comparison uses the municipal engine's verified time series — the same figures, definitions and sources as the municipal pages. For every metric we use the latest period in which all selected municipalities have a verified value. If no common period exists the metric is omitted entirely; nothing is imputed and years are never mixed within a row.

About the tool

Compare municipalities — method, units and sources

Choose up to four municipalities and see them side by side on the same indicator, the same year and the same unit. The national mean is shown as a reference. Shareable URL — the recipient opens the same comparison.

Method & limitations

  • All compared municipalities are shown for the same year per indicator. Where an indicator is missing '—' is displayed.
  • Units are fixed per row (percent, SEK, count per 1,000). Rows never mix units within the same column.
  • The national mean is the source's own national row (SCB / Kolada / Migrationsverket) — not an average of municipalities.
  • Ranking or best/worst colours are only used where the indicator has a clear direction (e.g. upper-secondary eligibility, higher is better).
  • Net cost is a model estimate: Ruist's 74,000 SEK/year × arrivals 2020–2024 / population. Not official municipal accounts.
  • The clear button resets selections. URL parameters make the comparison shareable.

Primary sources

Agencies and research institutions behind this page

4

agencies/institutions

2

reports & studies

6

primary datasets

All primary sources

Definitions

How the numbers are counted — and what they do not cover

Per capita / per 1,000 / per 100,000
Normalising an absolute number by population size, so municipalities of different sizes can be compared. Shootings, for example, are usually reported per 100,000 inhabitants.
Median vs mean
The median is the middle value in a sorted series. The mean is the sum divided by the count and is much more sensitive to outliers. Incomes and wealth are therefore usually reported as medians.
Ranking & percentile
The ranking is the municipality's place in the sorted list of all 290 municipalities. The percentile is the share below the municipality — rank 29 of 290 ≈ the 90th percentile.Ties use shared ranking (e.g. two municipalities both at rank 10).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers to what is most often discussed

No — we cap at four. Beyond that the table becomes hard to read on mobile and colour coding loses its meaning. Use /en/comparisons for county-vs-county perspectives.