County map

21 counties with regional patterns in school results.

When we zoom out from individual municipalities to the county level, Sweden's major regional divides emerge. Southern Sweden and the university counties tend to have higher teacher certification — but is it because teachers want to live there, or because the salaries are higher?

Cite
Skolkoll (2024). County map. Skolkoll.se. Retrieved 2024-12-31 from https://skolkoll.se/en/statistics/county-map/
Permalink + date
skolkoll.se/en/statistics/county-map — retrieved 2024-12-31 (data: Kolada, 2024/25)
Show BibTeX
@misc{skolkoll2024_countymap,
  author = {Skolkoll},
  title = {County map},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://skolkoll.se/en/statistics/county-map/},
  note = {Retrieved 2024-12-31. Data: Kolada, 2024/25}
}
License: CC BY 4.0 · Source: Kolada, 2024/25

Loading school data…

Regional differences in Swedish education

At the county level, clear regional patterns emerge. Stockholm County, Skane and Vastra Gotaland have the most schools and the greatest variation, while the Norrland counties have fewer schools but often more even results.

The university counties — Uppsala, Ostergotland, Skane — tend to have a higher share of certified teachers. This is partly due to proximity to teacher training programmes, but also because these regions attract highly educated families whose children statistically perform better.

Teacher certification varies from over 80 % in the best counties to under 65 % in the most disadvantaged. The difference means that children in different parts of Sweden do not receive an equivalent education — despite that being the fundamental mission of the school system.

Select different metrics and see how the picture shifts. A county that scores well in merit value can score poorly in teacher certification, and vice versa. It shows that regional strengths and weaknesses in the school system are complex.

Statistics: academic year 2024/25. Source: Skolverket open data, Kolada and SCB. Processed by Skolkoll.Glossary · About the data.

Method and data sources

Use these links to understand how the visualization is built and which datasets sit behind it.

How the method worksRead how the metrics are collected, calculated, and interpreted before comparing results.Data sources and definitionsOpen the source catalogue with KPI definitions and update frequency.Download data and versionsFetch the latest dataset or switch to a historical version of the same file.

Primary sources in this visualization

Jump directly to the definitions and source notes for the measures used in this chart.

About the measures in this visualisation

Merit value year 9 (municipality) (Kolada)Qualified teachers (municipality) (Kolada)

Related statistics

Continue with nearby charts that use the same source material or adjacent metrics.

Municipality mapMunicipality rankingTeacher certification by county
skolkoll.se