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title: "Rent & Housing Costs in Sweden — Geo-Parity"
description: "Rent in Sweden: about $1,373/month for a 70m² flat, 32.3% of the local median wage. Measured against local wages and your own income."
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[Expenses](https://geo-parity.com/expenses/?tab=housing) · Sweden

# Rent and housing costs in Sweden

About **$1,373** a month for a 70m² flat — **32.3%** of what a median local earner takes home. Estimated; see the caveat below.

## The figures

- **Rent, 70m² flat**: $1,373/mo
- modelled from the price basket
- **Share of local median wage**: 32.3%
- local median ≈ $4,250/mo
- **Price-to-income**: 119.4%
- of this country's own long-run average
- **Price-to-rent**: 145.1%
- above 100 favours renting
- **Mortgage rate**: —
- not published free outside the euro area
- **Housing price level**: 112
- EU27 = 100 (Eurostat)

Updated 2026-09-01. Price-to-income and price-to-rent compare Sweden with its own long-run average, not with other countries. National averages — not financial advice.

## Countries with similar rent

- [Netherlands](https://geo-parity.com/housing/netherlands/) — $1,341/mo , 30.7% of local wage
- [Ireland](https://geo-parity.com/housing/ireland/) — $1,355/mo , 24% of local wage
- [Canada](https://geo-parity.com/housing/canada/) — $1,357/mo , 37.2% of local wage
- [Switzerland](https://geo-parity.com/housing/switzerland/) — $1,416/mo , 21.5% of local wage
- [New Zealand](https://geo-parity.com/housing/new-zealand/) — $1,424/mo , 53.4% of local wage
- [Norway](https://geo-parity.com/housing/norway/) — $1,459/mo , 23% of local wage

See also: [all countries ranked](https://geo-parity.com/expenses/?tab=housing) · [what people earn in Sweden](https://geo-parity.com/wage-bands/sweden/) · [healthcare costs](https://geo-parity.com/healthcare/sweden/)

## Frequently asked questions

How much is rent in Sweden?

About $1,373 a month for a 70m² flat — modelled from this site's price basket, which understates housing where it has decoupled from the general cost of living. That is 32.3% of the local median wage of roughly $4,250 a month. A national average, not a quote: what you pay depends on the city, the neighbourhood and when you look.

Can I afford to live in Sweden on a remote salary?

That depends on the salary, which is the point. Rent of $1,373 is 32.3% of a local median wage; on a $6,000/month remote income it would be about 23%. The gap between those two figures is the arbitrage, and the housing tool computes it for any income you enter.

Is buying in Sweden good value right now?

Price-to-income currently sits at 119.4% of Sweden's own long-run average, so housing is 19% less affordable than its historical norm. Price-to-rent is at 145.1% of its own average — above 100 favours renting. These compare Sweden with its own past, not with other countries.

Where does this data come from?

OECD (price-to-income and price-to-rent), the ECB (mortgage rates, euro area only) and Eurostat (measured city rents and housing price levels), refreshed at build time — last updated 2026-09-01. OECD — DSD_AN_HOUSE_PRICES, HPI_YDH_AVG (% of long-term average); OECD — DSD_AN_HOUSE_PRICES, HPI_RPI_AVG (% of long-term average); ECB Data Portal — MIR, new housing loans to households (euro area); Eurostat — prc_ppp_ind, ppp_cat A0104 (EU27=100); Eurostat Urban Audit — SA1049V, average annual rent per m² (EUR); Eurostat Urban Audit — SA1053V, apartment price per m² (EUR); Eurostat Urban Audit — SA1051V, average apartment price (EUR); HUD USER — Fair Market Rents FY2026, One-Bedroom (40th-percentile GROSS rent, incl. tenant-paid utilities, USD/month).

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Source: Geo-Parity — https://geo-parity.com/housing/sweden/ · JSON: https://geo-parity.com/api/housing.json?country=SE