Median rent per square meter in Stockholm increased since 2016. While the median rent was ***** Swedish kronor annually per square meter in 2016, it had increased to nearly ***** in 2023. In 2021, the house price to rent ratio in Sweden stood at *** Swedish kronor.

In the Swedish Capital of Stockholm, the median rent per square meter in rented dwellings increased each year between 2016 and 2023. The increase was the highest in 2023 when it increased by *** percent. In that year, the median rent per square meter in the Municipality of Stockholm was over ***** Swedish kronor.

The prime rent for office real estate in Stockholm, Sweden, has increased since 2013. It can be seen that in 2021, the annual square meter price of prime office space reached *** euros which was an increase from the previous year. Stockholm is the third most expensive office market in Europe and boasts some of the lowest vacancy rates.

The most expensive location for office real estate in Stockholm in the fourth quarter of 2022 was the central business district (CBD), where the annual prime rent was ***** thousand Swedish kronor per square meter. The annual prime rent in the city center was ***** Swedish kronor per square meter.

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The prime rent for logistics properties in Stockholm amounted to *** euros per square meter in 2023, which was higher than any other city in Sweden. The price refers to the top-open market rent and a property of the highest quality and best location. In Ljungby, the prime rent amounted to **** euros per square meter.

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Oslo was the Norwegian city with the highest rental prices in the country in 2024. Renting an apartment in the Norwegian capital cost nearly ****** Norwegian kroner per month on average, whereas Bergen ranked second, with an average monthly rent of ****** Norwegian kroner. The average price of residential housings in Norway was also highest in Oslo. The Nordic market Not only was Oslo the city with the highest rents in Norway, but also in the Nordic region. The capital cities of Denmark (Copenhagen) and Finland (Helsinki) ranked second and third respectively, whereas Stockholm ranked last within a list of ** Nordic cities. In contrast, Stockholm was the most expensive city to buy an apartment in. Homeownership in Norway The high renting prices in the Norwegian capital could be explained by the renting market trends in the country. The homeownership rate fluctuated over the past decade, but overall decreased, reaching its lowest rate so far in 2020.

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Gross yields for rental residential real estate in Europe were the lowest in Stockholm, Sweden in 2023. In the fourth quarter of the year, the average gross yield in Stockholm was *** percent. Gross yields measure the return on investment without taxes and expenses. While higher yields imply higher profitability, they are also associated with higher risk.

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Stockholm is the Capital of Sweden and in 2023, close to 985,000 people lived in the municipality. Since 2010, the population there has been growing consistently. While more people are moving to Stockholm, the city area is not growing at the same speed, leading the population density to increase as well. Forecasts for the city expect continuous growth of population over the next forty years.

Economy

In Stockholm, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita was around 734,000 Swedish kronor in 2021. That was much higher than the average GDP per capita in all of Sweden with around 517,000 SEK in 2021. Though it must be noted that living costs are very high in the city and have been increasing in the last years. For example, the average rent per square meter in Stockholm has been rising every single year.

Employment A high majority of people living in Stockholm have a workplace. The employment rate in Stockholm is at 73.6 percent as of 2021.  The sector with the highest number of employees in Stockholm is professional, scientific, technical, and administrative activities, followed by wholesale and retail trade.

Among the regions in Sweden, the the capital region Stockholm county had the highest population density in 2022, with 374.6 inhabitants per square kilometers. In 2021, more than 2.4 million people lived in Stockholm. In terms of highest population density, Stockholm county was followed by Skåne, with 129 inhabitants per square kilometer. The least populated county was Norrbotten, with only 2.6 inhabitants per square kilometer.

Increasing population density

The population in Sweden is increasing steadily and reached 10.52 million inhabitants in 2022. Because of the growing population, the population density in Sweden increased as well over the past 10 years. In 2012, there were 23.4 inhabitants per square kilometer and in 2022 the number had increased to 25.8. Despite this, Sweden is a relatively sparsely populated country.

Highest rent per square meter in Stockholm

As the most densely populated county, the rents for rented dwellings in Stockholm were higher than in Sweden’s other counties. In 2020, the average rent per square meter in Stockholm county amounted to almost 1,300 Swedish kronor, while the rent in Norrbotten, the least populated county, reached an average of 999 Swedish kronor per square meter.

Prime logistics real estate rents in Europe are projected to grow by up to *** percent per year until 2027, according to a 2023 forecast. On average, rents were forecast to rise by **** percent per year. Prague was the only market where rents were forecast to decline. Logistics facilities were one of the commercial real estate sectors with the highest investment prospects in Europe in 2024.

Of the total population in Sweden of 10.55 million people, around half resided in the counties Stockholm, Västra Götaland or Skåne. This is also the three counties where the three largest cities in Sweden, Stockholm, Göteborg, and Malmö, are located. In the capital region Stockholm county, there lived nearly 2.5 million inhabitants in 2023. Västra Götaland county had close to 1.8 million inhabitants, while Skåne county, the southernmost region, had roughly 1.4 million inhabitants. The island Gotland had the lowest number of inhabitants with only 60,000.

The highest population density

Stockholm, Skåne and Västra Götaland were also the three counties in Sweden with the highest population density. In 2022, 374.6 inhabitants per square kilometer lived in Stockholm county, while the corresponding figures for Skåne and Västra Götaland were 129 and 73.9, respectively.

The highest rents

Unsurprisingly. Stockholm county is the county in Sweden with the highest rents for rented dwellings, with average prices for one square meter amounting to over 1,400 Swedish kronor in 2022. The lowest average renting prices were in the northwestern region Jämtland, one square meter costing 1,000 Swedish kronor.

This statistic shows the average income earned by Airbnb hosts in the Nordic capitals in 2017. That year, hosts in Reykjavik earned the highest income on average, reaching **** thousand U.S. Dollars. It was followed by the average income of Airbnb hosts in Stockholm, amounting to *** thousand U.S. Dollars. The lowest average earned income was Oslo, reaching *** thousand U.S. Dollars.