Västra Götalands län
- Share 2025
- 28.0 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +5.7 pp
- Immigration page
In depth · Munkedal
Immigration and foreign background in Munkedal
Key facts
Munkedal ranks 213 of 290 municipalities for Share of residents with a foreign background (2025).
Source: SCB BE0101Q2 · 2025
Munkedal ranks 37 of 49 in Västra Götalands län for Share of residents with a foreign background (2025).
Source: SCB BE0101Q2 · 2025
Latest statistics: 2024–2025 depending on indicator
Munkedal: 1,482 residents (14.4%) had a foreign background in 2025, out of 10,272 residents. Source: Statistics Sweden. 1,189 residents were born abroad (11.6%, 2025). Sweden: 27.7%; difference −13.3 percentage points (2025).
Foreign background means born abroad or born in Sweden to two foreign-born parents. These are population stocks, not annual immigration flows.
Last updated: View changelog
Munkedal in brief
- Share with foreign background, 2025
- 14.4 %
- Change 2002–2025
- +7.4 pp
- Absolute change in percentage points.
- Sweden, 2025
- 27.7 %
- Difference: −13.3 pp.
- Rank (highest share = 1)
- 213 of 290
- Same definition and year (2025) for all ranked municipalities.
Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), BE0101Q2 — observed population composition (stock). People received further down are a flow and measure something else. Stock vs flow
Trend 2002–2025
Share of the population in Munkedal with a foreign background. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), BE0101Q2. The 2025 observation uses the CKM disclosure-control method.
Foreign background — 2002: 7.1 %; 2003: 7.5 %; 2004: 7.5 %; 2005: 7.7 %; 2006: 8.1 %; 2007: 8.5 %; 2008: 8.7 %; 2009: 9.1 %; 2010: 9.1 %; 2011: 9.7 %; 2012: 9.8 %; 2013: 10.2 %; 2014: 11.0 %; 2015: 11.5 %; 2016: 13.4 %; 2017: 13.9 %; 2018: 14.5 %; 2019: 14.5 %; 2020: 15.2 %; 2021: 14.9 %; 2022: 14.8 %; 2023: 14.9 %; 2024: 14.3 %; 2025: 14.4 %
How to verify this figure
- Source
- Statistics Sweden (SCB)
- Period
- 2025
- Definition
- Share of the population with a foreign background (born abroad, or born in Sweden with two foreign-born parents).
- Geography
- Munkedal
- Unit
- %
- Retrieved/verified
- 2026-10-11
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- Compare the definition — for own calculations, recompute with the formula.
Country/region of birth
Residents by region of birth. Foreign-born are persons born outside Sweden. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), FolkmRegFlandK.
Country of birth
2024
Foreign-born residents
1,204 people
11.6% of the population · 2024
Foreign-born = born outside Sweden (narrower than "foreign background").
Born in Sweden88.4 %(9,150)
Nordics excluding Sweden2.4 %(245)
Other Europe3.0 %(315)
Outside Europe6.2 %(644)
Thin line = national average. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), FolkmRegFlandK.
People received, vulnerable areas & marginal cost
Received 2020–2024 (a flow), the Police's vulnerable areas and a own illustrative scenario.
Reception & illustrative scenario
2020–2024
- Foreign-born (20–64)
- 15.7 %
- Received, 5 years
- 59
- 5.7 / 1000 (national 7.0)
- Vulnerable areas
- —
- Swedish Police 2025
- Scenario / resident / yrAnalysis/model
- −84 kr
- Range −60 kr → −107 kr
- Model: Ruist (ESO 2018:3; calculations based on 2015 public finances), unadjusted amount from the report (low/mid/high)
Analysis/model Own illustrative scenario: mean annual reception 2020–2024 × Ruist’s national refugee life-cycle estimate using 2015 public finances, divided by 2024 population; no price adjustment. Assumes the national estimate applies locally. Not an observed municipal cost; not everyone with a foreign background. Formula, assumptions and limitations
No vulnerable areas in this municipality according to the Swedish Police situational report 2025.
Compare Munkedal with other municipalities →Compare Munkedal with other municipalities
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- Munkedal14.4 %
Munkedal — 2002: 7.1 %; 2003: 7.5 %; 2004: 7.5 %; 2005: 7.7 %; 2006: 8.1 %; 2007: 8.5 %; 2008: 8.7 %; 2009: 9.1 %; 2010: 9.1 %; 2011: 9.7 %; 2012: 9.8 %; 2013: 10.2 %; 2014: 11.0 %; 2015: 11.5 %; 2016: 13.4 %; 2017: 13.9 %; 2018: 14.5 %; 2019: 14.5 %; 2020: 15.2 %; 2021: 14.9 %; 2022: 14.8 %; 2023: 14.9 %; 2024: 14.3 %; 2025: 14.4 %
Max 6 municipalities. Source: SCB BE0101Q2 (UtlSvBakgGrov). · Munkedal
Munkedal vs neighbours
Nearest municipalities plus county and national averages.
Sweden
- Share 2025
- 27.7 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +5.5 pp
- Immigration page
Stenungsund
- Share 2025
- 15.0 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +3.3 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Stenungsund
Munkedal
- Share 2025
- 14.4 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +2.9 pp
- Immigration page
Tanum
- Share 2025
- 14.3 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +2.4 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Tanum
Bollebygd
- Share 2025
- 14.1 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +3.1 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Bollebygd
Färgelanda
- Share 2025
- 13.0 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +1.2 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Färgelanda
Sotenäs
- Share 2025
- 13.0 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +3.5 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Sotenäs
| Municipality | Share 2025 | Δ 2015→2025 | Immigration page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Västra Götalands län | 28.0 % | +5.7 pp | |
| Sweden | 27.7 % | +5.5 pp | |
| Stenungsund | 15.0 % | +3.3 pp | Immigration in Stenungsund |
| Munkedal | 14.4 % | +2.9 pp | |
| Tanum | 14.3 % | +2.4 pp | Immigration in Tanum |
| Bollebygd | 14.1 % | +3.1 pp | Immigration in Bollebygd |
| Färgelanda | 13.0 % | +1.2 pp | Immigration in Färgelanda |
| Sotenäs | 13.0 % | +3.5 pp | Immigration in Sotenäs |
Foreign background, all ages/sexes. County and national shares: own ratios of SCB published geographic counts; change 2015–2025 in percentage points. CKM method break 2025; subgroup cells may not sum to the published total. SCB
Most common countries of birth in Munkedal
Links to the national page for each country of birth. Source: SCB BE0101E.
- Syrien170
- Norge159
- Polen91
- Tyskland72
- Jugoslavien63
- Finland46
- Nederländerna44
- Thailand35
Municipal election 2026
Final · Source: Valmyndigheten- Turnout
- 81.75 %
- Seats
- 35
- Valid votes
- 6,627
- Blank votes
- 84
| Party | Share | vs 2022 | Votes | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29.80 % | – | 1,975 | 10 | |
| 21.31 % | – | 1,412 | 8 | |
| 14.14 % | – | 937 | 5 | |
| 12.98 % | – | 860 | 5 | |
| 8.54 % | – | 566 | 3 | |
| 5.09 % | – | 337 | 2 | |
| 4.19 % | – | 278 | 1 | |
| 2.08 % | – | 138 | 1 | |
| Other parties (6) | 1.87 % | – | 124 | – |
Latest actual election: 13 September 2026 (final count). Turnout figures in Kolada series elsewhere on this page refer to an earlier election and are labelled with their series year.
Full municipal election result →Results by voting district →
Earlier election results in Munkedal (2014–2022)
Everything about Munkedal
Schools, crime, economy, tax rate and elections are on the municipality's main page.
Open Munkedal municipality in figures →Frequently asked questions
›What share of the population in Munkedal has a foreign background?
In 2025, 14.4 % of the population in Munkedal had a foreign background according to Statistics Sweden (BE0101Q2) — 13.3 percentage points below the national average (27.7 %). "Foreign background" is the broader Statistics Sweden definition and includes both people born abroad and people born in Sweden to two foreign-born parents. The share is a stock measure and does not show annual immigration (inflow).
›How many residents of Munkedal have a foreign background?
1,482 residents of Munkedal had a foreign background (2025). Source: Statistics Sweden, UtlSvBakgGrovCKM, published count. CKM-protected component cells need not sum exactly to the published total.
›How has the share with a foreign background in Munkedal changed since 2002?
The share has risen from 7.1 % (2002) to 14.4 % (2025), a change of +7.4 percentage points. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), BE0101Q2.
›What is the difference between "foreign background" and "born abroad"?
Born abroad = a person born outside Sweden. Foreign background = born abroad, or born in Sweden to two foreign-born parents. Both measures are official; foreign background is at least as large for the same population and year.
›Where were the foreign-born residents of Munkedal born?
See the "Country/region of birth" section on this page. Foreign-born residents are people born outside Sweden, reported in three aggregated groups: the Nordic countries excluding Sweden, the rest of Europe, and outside Europe. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), FolkmRegFlandK.
Sources and method
BE0101Q2Foreign/Swedish background — share by municipality (UtlSvBakgGrov)Reference period: 2002–2025 · Retrieved: 2026-10-11
Open source ↗FodelselandArKCKM / FolkmRegFlandKCKM; history FodelselandArKPopulation by region, region/country of birth and sexReference period: 2000–2025 · Retrieved: 2026-10-11
Open source ↗BE0101N1Population by municipality, age, sex and year (31 Dec)Reference period: 2002–2025 · Retrieved: 2026-08-13
Open source ↗- Open source ↗
ME0104General elections — votes per party and municipality (Election Authority via SCB)
Each figure on this page is traceable to the dataset listed above. Missing data is left out — never shown as zero. Definitions, model and sources