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Cost of Living and Purchasing Power in Sweden

Sweden · Average net salary: SEK 30,188. Monthly costs for one person excluding rent: SEK 10,355.

Latest data date:
Sweden

Average net salary

SEK 30,188Monthly net income

1-bedroom rent (centre)

By cityCity rents are listed separately

Living costs

SEK 10,355One person · excluding rent

Fuel (1 L)

SEK 18.54Gasoline 95

iPhone affordability

12.0 daysWorking days at country salary

Overview

Sweden · Average net salary: SEK 30,188. Monthly costs for one person excluding rent: SEK 10,355. Consider salary, rent, everyday costs and product prices together with their scope. Sources and verification dates appear in the data section below.

10,701,047Country population 2026
2Cities in the dataset
SEK (SEK )Currency

Purchasing Power Overview

Sourced expenses as a share of monthly net salary. This is not a quality-of-life score.

Single-person costsFamily costsiPhoneMacBookFuel · 1 L
SwedenTurkeyShare of net salary · lower expense share · Outer ring 263%

Essential Expenses

Monthly living expenses and fuel per litre. Note the different units.

Living costs (excluding rent)SEK 10,355
Family of four costs (excluding rent)SEK 38,348
Petrol 95 (1 litre)SEK 18.54
Diesel (1 litre)SEK 23.04
LPG (1 litre)No data

Product Prices & Purchasing Power

Country prices and working time at the average net salary.

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Sourced data details

Population

10,701,047

2026

Source

Single person · monthly living costs, excluding rent

SEK 10,355.10

2026-09-18

Source

Family of four · monthly living costs, excluding rent

SEK 38,348.00

2026-09-18

Source

Gasoline 95 · litre

SEK 18.54

2026-09-14

Source

Diesel · litre

SEK 23.04

2026-09-14

Source

LPG · litre

No data

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Product prices and purchasing power
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What do the data show?

Sweden: average monthly net salary SEK 30,188; monthly costs for one person excluding rent SEK 10,355. Rent is shown separately in the city pages below.

Latest source-data date: . Each metric retains its own date and scope.

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