The Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis annually investigates how the population’s access to services changes, and the consequences of the changes. The table shows access to everyday commodities based on population figures for the preceding year, by proportion of people per interval. For technical reasons, the approximately 30,000 archipelago residents are excluded from the analysis. The analysis takes in the shortest distance by car from a populated 250-metre square to the nearest commodities sales point.
Distance to nearest shop selling consumables in 2014
Municipality/ Region
Population
Percentage of population by distance
less than 5 minutes
5-10 minutes
10-30 minutes
more than 30 minutes
Arjeplog
2 907
70,5
5,2
19,4
5,0
Arvidsjaur
6 484
80,9
3,9
13,7
1,5
Boden
27 887
83,2
7,6
9,2
0,0
Gällivare
18 231
86,7
4,7
7,7
0,9
Haparanda
9 776
83,4
5,9
10,6
0,1
Jokkmokk
5 086
83,1
4,2
9,9
2,8
Kalix
16 307
79,5
17,0
3,5
Kiruna
23 241
93,1
2,5
3,8
0,6
Luleå
75 966
89,3
7,8
3,0
Pajala
6 303
61,1
15,9
22,9
0,2
Piteå
41 508
90,1
7,9
2,0
Älvsbyn
8 171
70,1
16,2
Överkalix
3 409
53,9
23,7
20,9
Övertorneå
4 711
67,5
13,5
19,0
Norrbotten County
249 987
85,2
8,1
6,3
0,3
Sweden
9 747 355
84,6
12,5
Source: The Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis