How your tax money is spent

Figures in brief

• Everyone in Stockholm County with taxable income pays SEK 12.38 of every SEK 100 to Region Stockholm.
• Region Stockholm's total budget for 2025 is SEK 137 billion.
• The committees' appropriations for 2025 amount to SEK 105 billion.
• SEK 86 billion to healthcare.
• SEK 15 billion to public transport.
• SEK 619 million to culture.
• SEK 190 million to regional development.

Region Stockholm's budget for 2025 is SEK 137 billion. The largest share of these funds, about SEK 104 billion, stems from income tax. If you live in Stockholm County and have taxable income, you pay SEK 12.38 of every SEK 100 you earn to Region Stockholm.

These funds are distributed between our different operations by means of appropriations decided by the Regional Council. These appropriations are comprised mostly of tax revenue, supplemented with general and earmarked government grants disbursed by central government. The committees' appropriations for 2025 total SEK 105 billion. In addition to the appropriations from the Regional Council, committees and companies can also have other revenue, such as from public transport ticket sales.

Most of the appropriations, and therefore most of your tax money, is spent on healthcare. They are also spent on public transport, culture and regional development. Below you can read about how the money is distributed between these different operations.

Most tax revenue to healthcare

We spend about 82 percent of the Regional Council's appropriations on healthcare and dental care. In 2025, this will be SEK 86 billion.

Healthcare in Region Stockholm is organised so that you are properly assessed and treated when need be. In some cases, this involves advanced treatment, while in other cases, you can stay home and receive advice from a nurse over the phone.

Our healthcare facilities include A&E departments, health centres, local emergency care clinics, specialist clinics and national highly specialised care units. Healthcare operations also encompass health promotion activities. These include, for instance, prevention programmes for both physical and mental health.

Tax revenue half of public transport funding

About 14 percent of the committees' and companies' appropriations are spent on public transport and mobility services. For 2025, this means SEK 15 billion.

About 50 percent of public transport funding comes from tax revenue. The remainder is financed by ticket revenue, advertising space and rental income.

On a typical day in Stockholm, almost 700,000 people use public transport, which is comprised of the metro, buses, commuter trains, local trains and commuter boats. Region Stockholm plans, commissions and oversees public transport services and maintains and modernises the infrastructure. The general collective name and branding for public transport in Stockholm County is Storstockholms Lokaltrafik, SL for short.

Taxes bolster cultural life

Tax money is also used to bolster cultural life in Stockholm County. In 2025, 0.6 percent of the committees' and companies' appropriations will be spent on culture. This corresponds to SEK 619 million.
Among other activities, cultural life and local associations receive financial support. We provide grants to a broad range of cultural activities, including popular education providers and local associations. For us, it is particularly important that children and youth have access to cultural experiences. Culture in Stockholm County can entail shows and performances, art at metro stations and hospitals or joining a local association.

Tax money to regional development

Stockholm needs to remain a viable place to live even in the future. Accordingly, tax revenue is used to plan and prepare for the housing, infrastructure and public transport needs of Stockholm's current and future residents. 
In 2025, 0.2 percent of the Regional Council's appropriations are to be spent on regional development. This corresponds to SEK 190 million.
Regional development planning entails creating sustainable plans for a growing region. We oversee and coordinate efforts to promote long-term and sustainable development in the Stockholm region. The vision is for Stockholm to be Europe's most attractive metropolitan region – for all aspects of life.

Tax to other operations

The remainder of the tax revenue is used to, for example, govern, oversee and coordinate Region Stockholm so that all operations function as well as possible.