Quality of life in Gothenburg
Gothenburg, Sweden, is among the top cities with a free business environment. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in housing, safety and healthcare.
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Gothenburg, Sweden, is among the top cities with a free business environment. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in housing, safety and healthcare.
Large apartment | $1400.00 |
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Medium apartment | $1200.00 |
Rent index [score] | 0.71 |
Small apartment | $960.00 |
5km taxi ride | $11.00 |
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A Cappuccino | $4.50 |
A beer | $1.80 |
A kilogram of Apples | $3.00 |
Bread | $0.88 |
Inflation [score] | 0.50 |
Lunch | $12.00 |
Monthly fitness club membership | $46.00 |
Monthly public transport | $74.00 |
Movie ticket | $16.00 |
Price of a meal at a restaurant | $79.81 |
Average monthly increase in number of startups | 1 |
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Average monthly increase in number of startups [score] | 0.20 |
Coworking spaces [score] | 0.30 |
Coworking spaces on WorkFrom.co | 1 |
Meetups [score] | 0.46 |
Meetups groups | 131 |
Meetups members | 39538 |
Number of investors | 7 |
Number of startup events in the last 12 months | 51 |
Number of upcoming meetup events | 26 |
Startup climate scene [score] | 0.38 |
Startup events | 26 |
Startup events [score] | 0.47 |
Startups [score] | 0.43 |
Total number of startups | 111 |
Venture capital [score] | 0.37 |
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Airport hub | 48 |
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Airport hub [score] | 0.27 |
Intercity train connectivity [score] | 0.46 |
Traffic handling [score] | 0.97 |
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Business freedom | 89.70 |
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Business freedom [score] | 0.97 |
Freedom from corruption | 87.00 |
Freedom from corruption [score] | 0.97 |
Lack of labor restrictions | 53.50 |
Lack of labor restrictions [score] | 0.34 |
Time to open a business | 7.00 |
Time to open a business [score] | 0.93 |
Crime rate [score] | 0.57 |
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Gun-related deaths per 100,000 residents per year | 1 |
Guns per 100 residents | 21 |
Lack of gun related deaths [score] | 0.96 |
Lack of guns [score] | 0.89 |
Lack of guns and gun-related deaths [score] | 0.92 |
Healthcare expenditure [score] | 0.93 |
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Healthcare quality [score] | 0.77 |
Life expectancy (years) | 82.38 |
Life expectancy [score] | 0.94 |
Best university in ranking | University of Gothenburg |
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Best university ranking | 170 |
Country mean scores in PISA math test | 481.75 |
Country mean scores in PISA reading test | 483.34 |
Country mean scores in PISA science test | 484.80 |
PISA math ranking (high school) | 19 |
PISA ranking | 19 |
PISA ranking (high school) [score] | 0.78 |
PISA reading (high school) | 13 |
PISA science (high school) | 21 |
Percent of happy students | 0.82 |
Percent of low performers in PISA math test | 0.27 |
Percent of low performers in PISA reading test | 0.23 |
Percent of low performers in PISA science test | 0.22 |
Percent of top performers in PISA math test | 0.08 |
Percent of top performers in PISA reading test | 0.08 |
Percent of top performers in PISA science test | 0.06 |
University quality [score] | 0.18 |
Air quality [score] | 0.90 |
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Cleanliness [score] | 0.76 |
Drinking water quality [score] | 0.99 |
Urban greenery [score] | 0.79 |
Currency exchange rate per US dollar for urban area | 8.11 |
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Currency for urban area | SEK |
GDP growth rate | 0.02 |
GDP growth rate [score] | 0.40 |
GDP per capita | $45986.38 |
GDP per capita [score] | 0.74 |
Effective company profit tax rate on payouts as dividends [score] | 0.45 |
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Income tax level [score] | 0.10 |
Profit tax (% of profit) | 0.49 |
Time overhead to file company taxes | 122 |
VAT (Sales Tax) | 0.25 |
Download speed (Mbps) | 36.68 |
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Internet access (download) [score] | 0.53 |
Internet access (upload) [score] | 0.71 |
Upload speed (Mbps) | 21.10 |
Art galleries | 60 |
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Art galleries [score] | 0.45 |
Cinemas | 24 |
Cinemas [score] | 0.30 |
Comedy clubs | 10 |
Comedy clubs [score] | 0.45 |
Concert venues | 61 |
Concerts [score] | 0.46 |
Historical sites | 33 |
Historical sites [score] | 0.35 |
Museums | 37 |
Museums [score] | 0.45 |
Performing art venues | 53 |
Performing arts [score] | 0.37 |
Sport venues | 49 |
Sports [score] | 0.49 |
Zoos | 4 |
Zoos [score] | 0.79 |
LGBT Equality Index | 93.59 |
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LGBT Equality Index [score] | 0.96 |
LGBT adoption rights | ✔ Legal |
LGBT age of consent | ✔ Equal |
LGBT blood donation regulations | ✖ Banned (1-year deferral) |
LGBT conversion therapy regulations | Ambiguous |
LGBT discrimination legality | ✔ Illegal |
LGBT employment discrimination legality | ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity |
LGBT gender changing rights | ✔ Legal, but requires surgery |
LGBT homosexuality rights | ✔ Legal |
LGBT housing discrimination legality | ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity |
LGBT marriage rights | ✔ Legal |
Tolerance towards minorities [score] | 0.31 |
Elevation (hills or mountains) [score] | 0.13 |
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Median peak in meters | 118.05 |
Seaside access | 1.00 |
Urban area elevation (meters) | 5.00 |
Water access [score] | 0.79 |
Costs of living in Göteborg are in the 179th place of all 248 Teleport cities. Sign up for free to get access to our cost of living index and use our international cost of living calculator to do cost comparison by city.
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The overall crime rate puts Gothenburg in position 141 of 266 Teleport Cities in a ranking for the safest cities.
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Gothenburg (Swedish: Göteborg, pronounced "Yertebory") is Sweden's second largest city, with half a million citizens. The city lies on Sweden's west coast, at the outlet of the Göta river. Gothenburg is Sweden's largest industrial city with companies such as the Volvo Group and Volvo Cars.
Still, Gothenburg is green and making the most of its riverine and maritime location, featuring many parks and canals. There are also many historic monuments from its relatively short but glorious past, and evidence of the Dutch-sourced city planning which makes Gothenburg share traits with Amsterdam and Jakarta. It also has a youthful side to it, with over 60,000 students (Gothenburg University is the largest in Scandinavia). Gothenburg has a reputation of being a friendly place, even more welcoming than Stockholm, the Swedish capital.
Gothenburg is a city founded in the beginning of the 17th century by the Swedish King, Gustav II Adolf (see also Nordic history). It was once the center of the Swedish shipbuilding industry but with rising competition from foreign ship yards, many of the dry docks had to close down. Much of the inner harbor area has changed from industrial ship building to high technology and education, representative of the general change in the city. Today Gothenburg has both international sporting events, concerts, and conventions as well as a small town feel.
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