Living in Gotland

Gotland is a city in Sweden. The foreign population count was 2,490 at the end of 2025. Car density was 607.4 vehicles per 1,000 residents in 2025. The unemployment rate was 8.7% at the end of 2024.

Pricier rent than 69% of Swedish cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 78% of Swedish cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 62% of Swedish cities that publish it.

Which Sweden-wide rules apply when you move to Gotland?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in SwedenNational rates and thresholds that apply in Gotland.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Gotland?

Average net cold rent is about 10.86 EUR/m² per month (2025), excluding heating and operating charges.

Published average over existing tenancies; a specific flat can sit either side of it. Asking-rent series, where present, are separate rows in the table.

Average net rent (nettokalt): 10.86 EUR/m²/month · api.scb.se¹

City-level rent is published below; no city-level cost-of-living basket is published for Gotland yet.

Net rent across major citiesGotland highlighted among comparable cities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average net rent (nettokalt)	10.86 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €10.00	31 Dec 2025	api.scb.se¹Official

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 652 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 10.86 EUR/m² per month, before heating and operating charges.

Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.

Source period: 2025

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Gotland?

The unemployment rate is 8.7 % (2024). Source: SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024¹²

Unemployment across cities in SwedenUnemployment in Gotland is 8.7%. Of 216 cities with data, 61 have unemployment of 8 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
People in employment	29,837 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹¹Official
Fiber Coverage Pct	88	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official
Employment rate	81.7 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹²Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,597 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	api.scb.se²Official
Unemployment rate	8.7 %country median 10.6%	31 Dec 2024	SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024¹²Independent

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Gotland. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Arbetsförmedlingen — Public employment service

Swedish Public Employment Service

Job Search

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Gotland. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
School Rating Avg	3.5	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians Per 1000	3.2	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Gotland when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Physicians Per 10003.2Verified 2026-08-27

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Gotland?

Police recorded 10,842 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source.

Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents: 10,842 offences per 100,000 · Brå — reported offences by municipality, 2025³

Recorded crime across major citiesGotland highlighted among comparable cities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	10,842 offences per 100,000country median 9,986	31 Dec 2025	Brå — reported offences by municipality, 2025³Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Immigration Processing Time Days	90	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official
Destinations from nearest airport	4 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat⁸Official
Nearest airport	VBY	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁹Official
Distance to nearest airport	6.6 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁹Official
Public Transport Score	45	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Gotland. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Municipal civic orientation for newly arrived residents — Civic Orientation

Swedish municipalities

For newly arrived residents with residence permits.

In Person, Onlinefree

Open official information

Swedish for immigrants (SFI) municipal adult education — State Language Course

Swedish municipalities under the national SFI framework

For persons over 16 eligible for SFI.

SwedishIn Person, Online

Open official information

Open the full Sweden section

National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Gotland.

Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 was 7.23 µg/m³ in 2024. Annual NO₂ was 3.26 µg/m³ in 2024.

Is the air quality good in Gotland?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.2 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

PM2.5 — annual mean: 7.23 µg/m³ · Official exact-kommun station observations are derived to a kommun aggregate.⁵

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in SwedenAnnual PM2.5 in Gotland is 7.2 µg/m³. Of 197 cities with data, 64 have annual PM2.5 of 4 to under 5 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	3.26 µg/m³country median 4.0	2024	Official exact-kommun station observations are derived to a kommun aggregate.⁵Official
PM10 — annual mean	17.24 µg/m³country median 9.3	2024	Official exact-kommun station observations are derived to a kommun aggregate.⁵Official
PM2.5 — annual mean	7.23 µg/m³country median 5.1	2024	Official exact-kommun station observations are derived to a kommun aggregate.⁵Official
Average January temperature	-0.5	28 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 2 · Feb 1.8 · Mar 4.4 · Apr 9.8 · May 15 · Jun 18.9 · Jul 21.6 · Aug 21.1 · Sep 16.6 · Oct 10.9 · Nov 6.3 · Dec 3.5 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Visby Flygplats¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -1.9 · Feb -2.6 · Mar -1.8 · Apr 1.2 · May 5.3 · Jun 10 · Jul 13.2 · Aug 13.2 · Sep 9.6 · Oct 5.6 · Nov 2.5 · Dec -0.3 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Visby Flygplats¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 0.2 · Feb -0.3 · Mar 1.3 · Apr 5.4 · May 10.2 · Jun 14.5 · Jul 17.4 · Aug 17.1 · Sep 13 · Oct 8.3 · Nov 4.5 · Dec 1.8 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Visby Flygplats¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 42.7 · Feb 35.3 · Mar 27.6 · Apr 24.9 · May 29 · Jun 42.5 · Jul 61.3 · Aug 56.6 · Sep 47.5 · Oct 54 · Nov 55.5 · Dec 56.2 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Visby Flygplats¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 40.8 · Feb 69.7 · Mar 156.1 · Apr 242.5 · May 316.6 · Jun 314.5 · Jul 313.5 · Aug 260.8 · Sep 187.9 · Oct 101.5 · Nov 42.1 · Dec 30.6 hours	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Visby Sol²⁰Official · nearest-station reading

Cities of a similar size in Sweden

Closest published populations, for a like-for-like comparison.

All Sweden cities

Falun59,945 residents Trollhättan59,003 residents Nyköping58,344 residents Skövde57,995 residents Östersund64,979 residents Uddevalla57,010 residents

Population and city profile

The city covered 3,150.2 km² in 2026. Population density was 19.3 people per km² in 2025.

How many people live in Gotland?

The published population was 60,971 people in 2024. Source: SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.¹⁰

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Area	3,150 km²	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹³Official
Cars per 1,000 residents	607.4 cars/1000 residents	31 Dec 2025	Official vehicles-in-use table: Fordonsslag=10 is passenger cars, stock at the last month of 2025; divided by official SCB population at 31 December 2025.⁷Official
City area	3,150 km²	1 Jan 2026	Official SCB population density per square kilometre at municipality grain. SCB states that it uses the population figure at 31 December with the following 1 January land-area figure.¹⁰Official
Foreign-resident share	4.09 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁴Official
Foreign residents	2,490 people	31 Dec 2025	Official number of foreign citizens at municipality grain, all ages and all sexes, reference 31 December 2025.⁶Official
Population density	19.3 people/km²	31 Dec 2025	Official SCB population density per square kilometre at municipality grain. SCB states that it uses the population figure at 31 December with the following 1 January land-area figure.¹⁰Official
Population Female	30,644 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁶Official
Population Male	30,644 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁶Official
Population	60,971 people	31 Dec 2024	SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.¹⁰Official

International community in Gotland

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Registered population by municipality and country of birth; total sex · 2024

Published group	People	Share
All birth countries	60,971	100.0%
Sweden	55,462	91.0%
Syrian Arab Republic	513	0.8%
Finland	429	0.7%
Afghanistan	278	0.5%
Thailand	272	0.4%
Poland	266	0.4%
Germany	253	0.4%
other countries	233	0.4%
Ukraine	219	0.4%

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Published group	People	Share
China	157	0.3%
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	139	0.2%
Norway	137	0.2%
Iraq	134	0.2%
United States of America	124	0.2%
United Kingdom	121	0.2%
Türkiye	89	0.1%
Kingdom of the Netherlands	84	0.1%
Romania	84	0.1%
Denmark	83	0.1%
Philippines	76	0.1%
Chile	73	0.1%
Eritrea	69	0.1%
Hungary	67	0.1%
India	63	0.1%
Italy	62	0.1%
Latvia	62	0.1%
Russian Federation	61	0.1%
Lebanon	59	0.1%
Sri Lanka	54	0.1%
Ethiopia	53	0.1%
Pakistan	53	0.1%
Spain	50	0.1%
Estonia	47	0.1%
Democratic Republic of the Congo	46	0.1%
France	46	0.1%
Korea, Republic of Korea	44	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	42	0.1%
Lithuania	41	0.1%
Sudan	40	0.1%
Yugoslavia	35	0.1%
Burundi	34	0.1%
Morocco	33	0.1%
Austria	32	0.1%
Somalia	32	0.1%
Colombia	31	0.1%
Greece	30	0.0%
Brazil	25	0.0%
Switzerland	24	0.0%
Kenya	23	0.0%
South Africa	22	0.0%
Bangladesh	21	0.0%
Soviet Union	21	0.0%
Croatia	20	0.0%
Bulgaria	19	0.0%
Canada	19	0.0%
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	19	0.0%
Serbia	19	0.0%
Viet Nam	19	0.0%
Australia	18	0.0%
Belgium	18	0.0%
Czech Republic	17	0.0%
Gambia	17	0.0%
Iceland	16	0.0%
Tanzania, United Republic of	16	0.0%
Yemen	16	0.0%
Jordan	15	0.0%
Nigeria	15	0.0%
Uganda	15	0.0%
Indonesia	14	0.0%
Japan	13	0.0%
Kuwait	13	0.0%
Palestinian territory, occupied	13	0.0%
Egypt	12	0.0%
Portugal	12	0.0%
Zambia	12	0.0%
Mexico	11	0.0%
Argentina	10	0.0%
Ireland	10	0.0%
Kazakhstan	10	0.0%
Saudi Arabia	10	0.0%
unknown country of birth	5	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁸

Citizenship

Registered population by municipality and citizenship; total sex · 2024

Published group	People	Share
total	60,971	100.0%
Swedish	58,501	95.9%
European citizenship except Swedish	1,313	2.2%
Rest of the world incl. Stateless and unknown	1,157	1.9%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁷

Is Gotland a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker51%strong on work, weak on safety · range 43–59%

Skilled employee49%strong on work, weak on safety · range 41–57%

Student38%strong on cost, weak on safety · range 31–45%

Family27%strong on family, weak on housing · range 20–34%

Retirement46%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 37–55%

Foreign residents2,490 people31 Dec 2025Official source · Official number of foreign citizens at municipality grain, all ages and all sexes, reference 31 December 2025.

Population60,971 people31 Dec 2024Official source · SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.

Average net rent (nettokalt)10.86 EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2025Official source · api.scb.se

People in employment29,837 people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistics Sweden (SCB)

Employment rate81.7 %31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistics Sweden (SCB)

Median gross salary (regional)3,597 EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · api.scb.se

Every value keeps its source, geographic scope and verification date · Last checked 2026-09-03

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Households	29,308 households	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁵Official
Municipal Tax Rate Percent	22	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official

Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Gotland?

The published population was 60,971 people in 2024. Source: SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year..

How much does it cost to rent in Gotland?

Average net cold rent is about 10.86 EUR/m² per month (2025), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 760 EUR a month before utilities. Source: api.scb.se.

Is the air quality good in Gotland?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.2 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: Official exact-kommun station observations are derived to a kommun aggregate..

How safe is Gotland?

Police recorded 10,842 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Brå — reported offences by municipality, 2025.

What is the unemployment rate in Gotland?

The unemployment rate is 8.7 % (2024). Source: SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024.

What is the typical salary around Gotland?

The median gross salary is 3,597 EUR/month. Source: api.scb.se.

Is Gotland a good place to live?

Gotland may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

How many people born in United Arab Emirates live in Gotland?

The official country of birth distribution records 0 people (0.0%) in the source-defined population for 2024. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 12). Gotland, Sweden: rent, salary, jobs, safety [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/se/gotland/ Retrieved 2026-09-12. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Gotland, Sweden: rent, salary, jobs, safety},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-12},
  version = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
  snapshot = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/se/gotland/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-12. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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