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Overview

Kumla
County: Örebro län
Population 2025: 22,638
Full municipal profile
Degerfors
County: Örebro län
Population 2025: 9,230
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

Kumla
22,638 peopleHighest
Degerfors
9,230.0 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)

Population change, 5 years
2025 · %

Kumla
3.5 %Highest
Degerfors
-4.2 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)

Municipal tax rate (%)
2025 · %

Kumla
21.5 %Lowest
Degerfors
23.0 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
21.7

Median income, 20+
2024 · SEK

Kumla
354,400 SEKHighest
Degerfors
322,500 SEKLowest
National (municipal mean)
345,416

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

Kumla
76.5 %Highest
Degerfors
70.9 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
81.5

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

Kumla
12.3 %Lowest
Degerfors
13.0 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
13.5

Life expectancy, women
2025 · years

Kumla
84.6 yearsHighest
Degerfors
83.1 yearsLowest
National (municipal mean)
84.7

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

Kumla
1,393.7 /100kHighest
Degerfors
961.4 /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: Kumla moves from 19,105 (2002) to 22,638 (2025) — up 3,533 people. Full values are available in the data table below (2002–2025, Municipalities).

Population (31 Dec) over time · people · 2002–2025 · Municipalities
YearKumlaDegerfors
2 00219 10510 306
2 00319 27910 181
2 00419 38310 106
2 00519 47310 093
2 00619 64310 014
2 00719 8529 903
2 00820 1579 839
2 00920 2149 709
2 01020 4569 641
2 01120 5109 551
2 01220 7389 477
2 01320 9049 500
2 01421 0169 531
2 01521 1549 543
2 01621 3349 609
2 01721 5069 668
2 01821 6409 665
2 01921 7389 666
2 02021 8629 631
2 02122 1449 534
2 02222 4799 530
2 02322 5169 357
2 02422 6819 278
2 02522 6389 230

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

Kumla
-43.0 peopleHighest
Degerfors
-48.0 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)

Population change, 10 years
2025 · %

Kumla
7.0 %Highest
Degerfors
-3.3 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)

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

Kumla
25.5 %Highest
Degerfors
19.8 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
22.0

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

Kumla
54.0 %Highest
Degerfors
50.8 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
52.6

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

Kumla
13.8 %Lowest
Degerfors
20.2 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
17.6

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

Kumla
6.6 %Lowest
Degerfors
9.2 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
7.8

Deaths, number
2025 · people

Kumla
213.0 peopleHighest
Degerfors
125.0 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)
318.1

Births, number
2025 · people

Kumla
206.0 peopleHighest
Degerfors
58.0 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)
336.2

Demographic dependency ratio
2025 · ratio

Kumla
0.85 ratioLowest
Degerfors
0.97 ratioHighest
National (municipal mean)
0.91

In-migration to the municipality
2025 · people

Kumla
1,286.0 peopleHighest
Degerfors
516.0 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)
2,132.5

Net domestic migration
2025 · people

Kumla
9.0 peopleLowest
Degerfors
15.0 peopleHighest
National (municipal mean)
0.1

Out-migration from the municipality
2025 · people

Kumla
1,291.0 peopleHighest
Degerfors
482.0 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)
2,091.4
Data points (observation IDs)

Work

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

Kumla
1.9 %Lowest
Degerfors
5.0 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
2.4

Employed refugees/family reunified 20–64, 4–6 years of residence, share (%)
2023 · %

Kumla
71.4 %Highest
Degerfors
41.9 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
61.1

Households receiving social assistance, number
2025 · households

Kumla
253.0 householdsLowest
Degerfors
275.0 householdsHighest
National (municipal mean)
522.6

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

Kumla
74.0 %Highest
Degerfors
64.1 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
70.2

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

Kumla
6.3 %Lowest
Degerfors
11.3 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
6.9
Data points (observation IDs)

Economy & tax

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

Kumla
13,985 SEK/residentLowest
Degerfors
17,564 SEK/residentHighest
National (municipal mean)
17,158

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

Kumla
3,972.5 SEK/residentLowest
Degerfors
9,649.9 SEK/residentHighest
National (municipal mean)
5,333.4

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

Kumla
4.6 %Highest
Degerfors
0.4 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
3.5

Tax base per resident (SEK)
2025 · SEK

Kumla
270,074 SEKHighest
Degerfors
262,573 SEKLowest
National (municipal mean)
280,284

Equity ratio, municipality (%)
2025 · %

Kumla
64.0 %Highest
Degerfors
11.6 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
40.5
Data points (observation IDs)

Schools

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

Kumla
76.5 %Highest
Degerfors
70.9 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
80.8

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

Kumla
65.2 %Highest
Degerfors
62.0 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
67.9

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

Kumla
66.4 %Highest
Degerfors
49.5 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
69.3

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

Kumla
77.1 %Highest
Degerfors
64.3 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
73.5

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

Kumla
215.0 pointsHighest
Degerfors
204.0 pointsLowest
National (municipal mean)
218.3

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

Kumla
211.6 pointsHighest
Degerfors
209.1 pointsLowest
National (municipal mean)
217.0
Data points (observation IDs)

Housing

Completed dwellings
2025 · dwellings

Kumla
62.0 dwellingsHighest
Degerfors
2.0 dwellingsLowest
National (municipal mean)
108.1

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

Kumla
193.0 per 1,000 residentsHighest
Degerfors
169.9 per 1,000 residentsLowest
National (municipal mean)
171.6

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

Kumla
1.3 per 1,000 residentsHighest
Degerfors
0.2 per 1,000 residentsLowest
National (municipal mean)
0.6

Apartment price, SEK/m²
2025 · SEK/m²

Kumla
13,871 SEK/m²Highest
Degerfors
4,626.0 SEK/m²Lowest
National (municipal mean)
17,205

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

Kumla
21,251 SEK/m²Highest
Degerfors
8,333.0 SEK/m²Lowest
National (municipal mean)
21,704

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

Kumla
36.5 %Highest
Degerfors
34.3 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
36.4
Data points (observation IDs)

Health

Life expectancy, men
2025 · years

Kumla
82.3 yearsHighest
Degerfors
79.3 yearsLowest
National (municipal mean)
81.3

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

Kumla
84.5 %Highest
Degerfors
79.3 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
78.1

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

Kumla
0.6 %Lowest
Degerfors
0.6 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
0.5
Data points (observation IDs)

Crime

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

Kumla
935.0 /100kLowest
Degerfors
1,371.9 /100kHighest
National (municipal mean)
1,418.9

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

Kumla
9,795.8 /100kLowest
Degerfors
14,097 /100kHighest
National (municipal mean)
9,856.9

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

Kumla
1,658.4 /100kHighest
Degerfors
1,317.9 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
2,075.2

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

Kumla
0.0 /100kLowest
Degerfors
21.6 /100kHighest
National (municipal mean)
8.4

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

Kumla
1,914.2 /100kHighest
Degerfors
1,209.8 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
825.5

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

Kumla
141.1 /100kLowest
Degerfors
162.0 /100kHighest
National (municipal mean)
187.2
Data points (observation IDs)

Politics

Assignments per elected municipal politician
2025 · assignments/politician

Kumla
2.1 assignments/politicianHighest
Degerfors
1.9 assignments/politicianLowest
National (municipal mean)
1.8

Residents per elected municipal politician
2025 · residents/politician

Kumla
222.4 residents/politicianHighest
Degerfors
102.0 residents/politicianLowest
National (municipal mean)
221.4

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

Kumla
2.9 %Lowest
Degerfors
5.5 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
2.5

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

Kumla
2.9 %Highest
Degerfors
0.0 %Lowest
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.

Kumla
-93 SEK
Degerfors
-95 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.

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  • 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.
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Primary sources

Agencies and research institutions behind this page

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agencies/institutions

2

reports & studies

6

primary datasets

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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

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