Statistics
42 interactive perspectives on Sweden's school landscape. Visualisations open on their Swedish detail pages with full D3.js interactivity — titles and descriptions below are translated for orientation.
Featured visualisations
Municipality map 290 municipalities coloured by chosen metric. Certification vs Merit value Each bubble a school. Size = pupil count. Merit value year 9 Distribution curve split by municipal and independent operator. Teacher certification by county 21 counties compared — choose 'Compare' for municipal vs independent. Socioeconomic correlation Each bubble a municipality. Size = number of schools, colour = independent school share. SALSA map by municipality Green = above expected, red = below expected.
Story-driven explainers
In-depth data analyses combining multiple datasets and visualisations.
Independent vs municipal schools — what does the data say? A deep dive into the differences between independent and municipal school operators. The teacher shortage — which municipalities are hit hardest? Certified teachers are unevenly distributed. Here is the map of the shortage. The teacher's impact — when demographics are stripped away What remains when we control for pupil background? The link between income and school results Demographics explain more than pedagogy — the uncomfortable truth. Does a more expensive school produce better results? The relationship between municipal school spending per pupil and actual school results.
Data analyses
Standalone analyses that go deeper into specific topics.
Cost-effectiveness in compulsory school Which municipalities deliver strong results at low cost? The school library effect Correlation between school library access and merit values The teacher shortage Where is the teacher qualification deficit largest? Doubly disadvantaged schools Schools with both low qualification and low results Outlier schools — outlier detector Schools that deviate significantly from expected patterns Satisfaction vs Results Are happy pupils also high-achieving? Municipality trend ranking Which municipalities are improving fastest? School groups vs SALSA How do large independent school groups perform on value-added? Upper-secondary market Application pressure and market analysis Adult education in Sweden Municipal adult education (komvux) statistics Salary guide — teacher pay What do teachers earn? Labour market after upper secondary Employment outcomes by programme Segregation index Residential segregation in schooling Career statistics per programme What careers do different programmes lead to? Independent school groups How do the large chains perform?
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Each visualisation opens on its Swedish detail page with full interactivity.