Where did all the money go? Funding, personnel and expenditure in Swedish universities and colleges 2001–21

Figures & data

Figure 1. Total income of Swedish universities and colleges, 2001–21, divided on major income sources, billion SEK. Note that all numbers have been adjusted for inflation.

Table 1. Summary of the reported data

	2001	2021	Change
Total income (billion SEK)	48.9	82.6	68.8%
Base grant for research (billion SEK)	12.3	21.1	71.7%
Third party funding for research (billion SEK)	11.1	22.3	100.2%
Base grant for education (billion SEK)	17.5	29.1	66.9%
Total expenditure (billion SEK)	49.2	80.3	63.0%
Personnel costs (billion SEK)	28.5	52.9	85.4%
Rents (billion SEK)	7.0	9.9	40.5%
Other operating costs (billion SEK)	8.7	11.8	34.9%
Total number of employees (FTE)	49,220.0	64,951.2	32.0%
Professors (FTE)	3268.8	5343.0	63.5%
Senior lecturers (FTE)	5715.3	9889.8	73.0%
Doctoral students (FTE)	8166.2	10,528.8	28.9%
Administrative personnel (FTE)	8610.7	13,648.8	58.5%
Average salary professor (SEK)	52,223.0	69,119.0	32.4%
Average salary senior lecturer (SEK)	39,073.0	50,585.0	29.5%
Number of registered students (FTE)	283,555.0	374,374.5	32.0%
Swedish GDP (billion SEK)	32,225.0	54,570.0	69.2%

Note that all numbers have been adjusted for inflation.