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 2024, by County Council
County council
Number employees
Number of person-years
Population 2022
Physicians in person-years per 1000 inh.
Stockholm
7 008
6 381
2 473 307
2,6
Uppsala
1 871
1 747
407 912
4,3
Södermanland
1 059
986
301 542
3,3
Östergötland
2 176
1 972
472 446
4,2
Jönköping
1 384
1 262
370 009
3,4
Kronoberg
660
614
203 351
3,0
Kalmar
895
823
246 352
Gotland
248
281
60 971
4,6
Blekinge
550
517
157 223
Skåne
5 208
4 831
1 428 626
Halland
1 078
974
345 074
2,8
Västra Götaland
6 310
5 782
1 772 821
Värmland
972
900
283 384
3,2
Örebro
1 231
1 128
308 375
3,7
Västmanland
830
773
281 158
Dalarna
1 031
932
286 546
Gävleborg
1 005
938
284 558
Västernorrland
816
764
241 458
Jämtland
591
531
132 839
4,0
Västerbotten
1 437
1 343
281 138
4,8
Norrbotten
833
769
248 620
3,1
All county councils
37 193
34 248
10 587 710
Source: The Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions
Physicians in governmental employment in 2014-2024, by county council
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
5 774
5 856
5 772
5 799
5 805
5 891
6 291
6 434
6 596
6 804
1 509
1 545
1 584
1 621
1 666
1 687
1 708
1 689
1 748
1 809
753
765
797
852
885
995
1 009
1 035
1 660
1 756
1 815
1 885
1 944
1 968
2 031
2 105
2 144
2 197
1 081
1 115
1 108
1 154
1 162
1 196
1 263
1 305
1 313
1 330
542
532
556
586
606
622
624
627
631
628
734
766
780
775
813
828
876
894
896
898
197
209
213
205
220
232
244
252
483
501
503
510
520
535
534
547
528
4 034
4 219
4 357
4 483
4 616
4 723
4 868
4 990
5 037
5 081
882
879
897
952
962
960
981
1 014
1 030
1 068
5 325
5 410
5 528
5 723
5 858
5 941
6 041
6 132
6 197
6 269
781
796
817
821
836
864
903
925
953
1 042
1 076
1 123
1 143
1 142
1 177
1 215
1 229
1 230
1 248
691
706
714
735
739
758
776
789
874
908
915
934
991
984
999
806
820
847
842
853
936
948
958
973
692
718
695
690
786
808
824
443
450
476
499
525
548
563
557
573
1 235
1 228
1 296
1 379
1 403
1 394
1 415
1 400
710
727
744
737
741
756
763
793
30 244
30 954
31 472
32 204
32 818
33 535
34 659
35 390
35 811
36 490
Physicians in person-years per 1000 inhabitants
2,3
2,2
2,4
2,5
3,9
3,8
2,7
2,9
3,6
4,1
3,5
4,5
4,4
4,7