Municipality · Umeå
Foreign-born Employment in Umeå Rises Steadily
The proportion of foreign-born employees aged 18-64 in Umeå has steadily increased from 9.79% in 2013 to 22.41% in 2025. This marks a clear and long-term upward trend over the past twelve years. Umeå demonstrates a stronger increase compared to many other municipalities of similar size.
About the numbers
- The latest value for Umeå is 22.41 (2025).
- Between 2013 and 2025 the highest value was 22.41 (2025) and the lowest 9.79 (2013).
- The median for similar-sized municipalities was 31.47 (2025). Umeå had the 13th highest value of 13.
Definition (Swedish, from Kolada): Utrikes födda i åldern 18-64 år bland anställda enligt HÖK, kommun, andel (%). Källa: SCBs befolkningsstatistik och SKR:s personalstatistik (novemberstatistiken).\n
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2013 | 9.79 |
| 2014 | 10.46 |
| 2015 | 11.34 |
| 2016 | 12.61 |
| 2017 | 13.56 |
| 2018 | 14.9 |
| 2019 | 16.27 |
| 2020 | 17.17 |
| 2021 | 18.99 |
| 2022 | 20.64 |
| 2023 | 21.41 |
| 2024 | 22.04 |
| 2025 | 22.41 |