The Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions in co-operation with Statistics Sweden annually collects data about county council employees. The data are based mainly on the county councils' staff registers.The number of employees on an annual basis within a category is obtained by adding the employees' level of employment (hours) and dividing them by the set normal number of working hours per year.
Physicians in governmental employment in 2023, by County Council
County council
Number employees
Number of person-years
Population 2022
Physicians in person-years per 1000 inh.
Stockholm
6 804
6 135
2 454 821
2,5
Uppsala
1 809
1 681
404 589
4,2
Södermanland
1 035
966
301 944
3,2
Östergötland
2 197
2 011
472 298
4,3
Jönköping
1 330
1 208
368 856
3,3
Kronoberg
628
563
203 686
2,8
Kalmar
898
821
246 667
Gotland
252
276
61 029
4,5
Blekinge
535
511
157 973
Skåne
5 081
4 685
1 421 781
Halland
1 068
971
343 746
Västra Götaland
6 269
5 727
1 767 016
Värmland
953
881
283 548
3,1
Örebro
1 248
1 147
308 116
3,7
Västmanland
747
280 813
2,7
Dalarna
999
886
287 253
Gävleborg
973
877
285 642
Västernorrland
824
745
242 148
Jämtland
573
519
132 572
3,9
Västerbotten
1 400
1 296
278 729
4,7
Norrbotten
793
721
248 480
2,9
All county councils
36 490
33 375
10 521 556
Source: The Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions
Physicians in governmental employment in 2013-2023, by county council
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
5 627
5 774
5 856
5 772
5 799
5 805
5 891
6 291
6 434
6 596
1 470
1 509
1 545
1 584
1 621
1 666
1 687
1 708
1 689
1 748
734
753
765
797
833
852
885
938
995
1 009
1 593
1 660
1 756
1 815
1 885
1 944
1 968
2 031
2 105
2 144
1 039
1 081
1 115
1 108
1 154
1 162
1 196
1 263
1 305
1 313
527
542
532
556
586
606
622
624
627
631
729
766
780
775
813
828
876
894
896
196
197
209
213
205
220
232
244
475
483
501
503
510
520
534
547
528
3 978
4 034
4 219
4 357
4 483
4 616
4 723
4 868
4 990
5 037
855
882
879
897
952
962
960
981
1 014
1 030
5 201
5 325
5 410
5 528
5 723
5 858
5 941
6 041
6 132
6 197
792
781
796
817
836
864
903
925
1 042
1 076
1 123
1 143
1 142
1 177
1 215
1 229
1 230
675
691
706
714
735
739
758
776
789
863
874
895
908
915
934
991
984
787
806
820
847
842
853
936
948
958
672
692
718
695
690
786
808
440
443
450
476
499
525
548
557
1 205
1 231
1 235
1 228
1 379
1 403
1 394
1 415
713
710
727
744
737
741
756
773
763
29 585
30 244
30 954
31 472
32 204
32 818
33 535
34 659
35 390
35 811
Physicians in person-years per 1000 inhabitants
2,3
2,2
2,4
4,0
3,8
2,6
3,0
3,4
3,6
4,1
3,5
4,4
4,8