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 2022, by County Council
County council
Number employees
Number of person-years
Population 2022
Physicians in person-years per 1000 inh.
Stockholm
6 596
5 970
2 440 027
2,4
Uppsala
1 748
1 616
400 682
4,0
Södermanland
1 009
921
302 566
3,0
Östergötland
2 144
1 951
471 912
4,1
Jönköping
1 313
1 185
369 113
3,2
Kronoberg
631
571
204 335
2,8
Kalmar
896
824
247 711
3,3
Gotland
252
266
61 173
4,3
Blekinge
528
494
158 740
3,1
Skåne
5 037
4 577
1 414 324
Halland
1 030
918
342 805
2,7
Västra Götaland
6 197
5 632
1 758 656
Värmland
925
859
283 976
Örebro
1 230
1 121
307 772
3,6
Västmanland
789
713
280 713
2,5
Dalarna
984
887
288 310
Gävleborg
958
884
287 334
Västernorrland
821
742
243 265
Jämtland
557
485
132 670
3,7
Västerbotten
1 403
1 295
276 295
4,7
Norrbotten
763
688
249 177
All county councils
35 811
32 599
10 521 556
Source: The Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions
Physicians in governmental employment in 2012-2022, by county council
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
5 588
5 627
5 774
5 856
5 772
5 799
5 805
5 891
6 291
6 434
1 452
1 470
1 509
1 545
1 584
1 621
1 666
1 687
1 708
1 689
701
734
753
765
797
833
852
885
938
995
1 539
1 593
1 660
1 756
1 815
1 885
1 944
1 968
2 031
2 105
1 005
1 039
1 081
1 115
1 108
1 154
1 162
1 196
1 263
1 305
536
527
542
532
556
586
606
622
624
627
709
729
766
780
775
813
828
876
894
173
196
197
209
213
205
220
232
244
456
475
483
501
503
510
520
535
534
547
3 963
3 978
4 034
4 219
4 357
4 483
4 616
4 723
4 868
4 990
814
855
882
879
897
952
962
960
981
1 014
5 107
5 201
5 325
5 410
5 528
5 723
5 858
5 941
6 041
6 132
783
792
781
796
817
836
864
903
992
1 042
1 076
1 123
1 143
1 142
1 177
1 215
1 229
635
675
691
706
714
735
739
758
776
835
863
874
895
908
915
934
991
787
806
820
847
842
853
936
948
690
672
692
718
695
786
808
433
440
443
450
476
499
525
548
563
1 175
1 205
1 231
1 235
1 228
1 296
1 379
1 394
1 415
687
710
727
744
737
741
756
773
29 036
29 585
30 244
30 954
31 472
32 204
32 818
33 535
34 659
35 390
Physicians in person-years per 1000 inhabitants
2,3
2,2
3,9
3,8
2,6
2,9
3,4
3,5