Stockholm Wellbeing IndexGood life
“Where would you place your life right now, on a scale from 1 to 10, where 10 represents the best possible life and 1 the worst possible life?”
Method
How the index is measured
01. QUESTIONS
Four questions, one individual score
Each question is answered on a scale from 1 to 10.
Happiness
“How happy do you feel overall?”
Meaning
“How meaningful does your life feel overall?”
Life richness
“How rich does your life feel overall?”
02. INDEX
From answers to the Wellbeing Index
Four answers
Each respondent answers the four questions on a scale from 1 to 10.
Individual score
Individual score =Good life + Happiness + Meaning + Life richness4
Published index
The published Wellbeing Index is the mean of respondents’ individual scores.
03. TACK
Understanding what helps explain wellbeing
Togetherness, Agency, Coherence and Kinetics are measured separately from the Wellbeing Index. In analyses of wellbeing at the societal level, the four factors together explain around 70% of the variation in reported wellbeing on average. This describes statistical associations, not proof that the factors cause wellbeing.
Togetherness
“How strong a sense of community do you feel with others?”
Agency
“How much do you feel that you can influence your own life situation?”
Coherence
“How much balance do you feel in your life?”
Kinetics
“How positively do you view the future?”
The optional personal illustration
The personal reflection tool uses a separate descriptive regression of individual Wellbeing Index scores on the four TACK responses. It pools 6,357 respondents across six survey waves (2025 Q2–2026 Q3). The unstandardized coefficients per one-point increase are: Togetherness 0.197, Agency 0.153, Coherence 0.312 and Kinetics 0.201; the intercept is 1.134. The model explains 74.6% of variation among respondents in these data. Only the four 1–10 survey ratings enter the illustrative model estimate. Separately, the priority circle lets you distribute up to 100 points across the four TACK factors and Something else, leaving any remaining space open. These priority points do not enter the model and changing them does not change the estimate. Even when all four ratings are 10, the model estimate is 9.76; individual measured index scores can still reach 10. The estimate describes associations, not an individual measurement, a forecast or the effect of changing a factor. Your personal note does not enter the calculation.
04. WEC
Measuring inequality in wellbeing
The Wellbeing Equality Coefficient measures how equally individual Wellbeing Index scores are distributed.
Lower WEC means greater equality. Higher WEC means greater inequality.
WEC complements the average Wellbeing Index: two groups can have the same average score but different levels of inequality. A WEC value is not a percentage.
More equal wellbeing
Individuals have similar wellbeing scores.
More unequal wellbeing
Wellbeing scores are more widely dispersed.
05. GEOGRAPHY
How we divide the region
Within the City of Stockholm we use the city's three broad areas: Inre staden, Västerort and Söderort. We group the other municipalities into northern, western, eastern and southern county areas, drawing on Region Stockholm's geographic divisions. Our four county areas are combinations made for this analysis, not an official four-area division.
The survey contains a municipality code and postcode. Outside the City of Stockholm we use the municipality code; within the city, postcodes provide an approximate location. Postcodes do not always match city district boundaries. Known conflicts between municipality and postcode have been reviewed and assigned manually.
Within the City of Stockholm · city districts
Inner cityKungsholmen · Norra innerstaden · Södermalm
Western StockholmBromma · Hässelby-Vällingby · Järva
Southern StockholmEnskede-Årsta-Vantör · Farsta · Hägersten-Älvsjö · Skarpnäck · Skärholmen
Rest of Stockholm County · municipalities
Northern countyDanderyd · Norrtälje · Sollentuna · Solna · Sundbyberg · Täby · Vallentuna · Vaxholm · Österåker
Western countyEkerö · Järfälla · Sigtuna · Upplands-Bro · Upplands Väsby
Eastern countyLidingö · Nacka · Tyresö · Värmdö
Southern countyBotkyrka · Haninge · Huddinge · Nykvarn · Nynäshamn · Salem · Södertälje
Group results based on fewer than 10 responses are hidden; 10–29 are marked as a small sample. Trends require at least 10 responses in each quarter and WEC curves at least 10 in the selected quarter. These are display thresholds, not guarantees of statistical precision.