Wellbeing

Wellbeing in Stockholm

The Wellbeing Index provides an overall picture of how people in the Stockholm region experience their lives. It is formed from four components: Good life, Happiness, Meaning, and Life richness.

The TACK factors—Togetherness, Agency, Coherence and Kinetics—are dimensions associated with wellbeing that may help us understand why experiences differ between people and groups.

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Wellbeing Index over time

This chart shows how the selected groups’ average wellbeing index has changed over time, quarter by quarter.

123456789102025 Q22025 Q32025 Q42026 Q12026 Q22026 Q3Wellbeing Index (1–10)
Stockholm region average

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A subgroup trend is shown when at least 10 people responded in every quarter. Groups with 10–29 responses are marked as a small sample. The dashed line is the regional average.

How does wellbeing index differ by…?

This dot plot shows every category within the selected demographic. Add time points to compare the same categories across quarters.

How we divided the region →
Average for the timeframe and groupInner cityInner city · 2026 Q3: 7.147.14Western StockholmWestern Stockholm · 2026 Q3: 6.826.82Southern StockholmSouthern Stockholm · 2026 Q3: 6.646.64Northern countyNorthern county · 2026 Q3: 7.027.02Western countyWestern county · 2026 Q3: 6.906.90Eastern countyEastern county · 2026 Q3: 7.057.05Southern countySouthern county · 2026 Q3: 7.267.2612345678910Wellbeing Index (1–10)

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EXPLORE A SCENARIO

Play wellbeing mayor

Imagine an initiative that helps people strengthen one of the TACK factors. Adjust the assumptions to see an illustrative value based on survey responses.

BUILD YOUR SCENARIO

Which factor improves?

How strong a sense of community do you feel with others?

500,000

People whose scores on the selected factor actually increase in this scenario.

12 million
+1

Points on the question’s 1–10 scale, for each person reached.

+0,25+2
How long does the change last?

YOUR SCENARIO

Illustrative wellbeing value

Across the people reached, over the selected period

≈ 904.68 million SEK

About 904,679,581 SEK in total

Associated Wellbeing Index difference+0.20 points
Stated value per person, per month≈ 603 SEK
People × months500,000 × 3

This is a value implied by stated willingness to pay and an observed association. It is not public revenue, a budget saving or evidence that an initiative would cause this change.

Putting this number into perspective

Examples of Region Stockholm’s allocations for the full year 2026:

Regional developmentSEK 196 million
CultureSEK 647 million
Public and accessible transportSEK 16 billion
Healthcare and dental careSEK 91 billion

These are annual allocations in a regional budget. The scenario above covers your selected period and estimates a hypothetical wellbeing value, not money the region would receive or save.

Source: Region Stockholm’s 2026 budget ↗
How is this calculated?

Increase in the chosen TACK factor × regression coefficient × 3,064 SEK × people reached × months. The coefficient comes from our model pooling six survey waves and describes an association between the factors and the Wellbeing Index, not the effect of an intervention.

The VOWI figure averages willingness to pay for happiness, meaning and life richness. Applying it to changes in the four-question Wellbeing Index is an approximation. Read the source ↗

BEYOND THE INDEX

More from the survey

The survey also asks about everyday connection, priorities, city life and Stockholm’s future.

Explore the data