Foreign background, 20+ - Statistical data for Malmö's areas
The variable indicates whether an individual is foreign-born, born in Sweden with two foreign parents or other Swedish-born population. Data from the Register of Total Population (RTB). Only persons 20 years or older. Available broken down by gender. Variable description You find it here API Using the API call https://opendata%2dapi.malmo.se/api/3/action/resourcesearch?query=description:malm%C3%B6%20statistics,_ you can retrieve all data sets that contain statistical data for Malmö's areas in JSON format. In each instance of result/results in the JSON result, there is an "id" property for each resource. The value of "id" can be used to retrieve the data for the respective statistics variable (according to the value of the "name" property). API call to retrieve the statistics data: https://opendata%2dapi.malmo.se/api/3/action/datastoresearch?resource_id=[id value]_ Feel free to use the numbers, but cite “City Office, Malmö City” as the source.
Trust score
How is this computed?Composite of 5 axes from our methodology (proof-based officialness, live verification, metadata completeness, license clarity, agent readiness).
- Officialnessweight 25%50/100
Not public-sector → neutral score; not subject to the proof checker.
- Availabilityweight 25%100/100
Latest verification succeeded.
- Metadata completenessweight 20%40/100
4 of 10 recommended metadata fields populated.
- License clarityweight 15%0/100
No license declared upstream.
- Agent readinessweight 15%20/100
Spec format known (rest) · Topic tags assigned
Data schema (8 fields)
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Huvudkategori | text | — |
| Ar | text | — |
| Geografityp | text | — |
| Geografikod | text | — |
| Omrade | text | — |
| Underkategori | text | — |
| Kon | text | — |
| Antal | text | — |
Schema captured from ckan 2 hours ago.
Query the data
Pick columns and a sort, then fetch a live preview straight from the source.
Sample data (5 records)
Record 1Ar: 2025 · Kon: Män
{
"Ar": "2025",
"Kon": "Män",
"_id": 228463,
"Antal": "4393",
"Omrade": "1: Västra hamnen, Gamla staden m fl",
"Geografikod": "GESO01",
"Geografityp": "Geografiska statistikområden",
"Huvudkategori": "Bakgrund",
"Underkategori": "Utrikes född"
}Record 2Ar: 2025 · Kon: Män
{
"Ar": "2025",
"Kon": "Män",
"_id": 228464,
"Antal": "5620",
"Omrade": "2: Kirsebergsstaden, Värnhem m fl",
"Geografikod": "GESO02",
"Geografityp": "Geografiska statistikområden",
"Huvudkategori": "Bakgrund",
"Underkategori": "Utrikes född"
}Record 3Ar: 2025 · Kon: Män
{
"Ar": "2025",
"Kon": "Män",
"_id": 228465,
"Antal": "3375",
"Omrade": "3: Riseberga, Jägersro m fl",
"Geografikod": "GESO03",
"Geografityp": "Geografiska statistikområden",
"Huvudkategori": "Bakgrund",
"Underkategori": "Utrikes född"
}Record 4Ar: 2025 · Kon: Män
{
"Ar": "2025",
"Kon": "Män",
"_id": 228466,
"Antal": "2428",
"Omrade": "4: Oxie Kyrkby, Oxievång m fl",
"Geografikod": "GESO04",
"Geografityp": "Geografiska statistikområden",
"Huvudkategori": "Bakgrund",
"Underkategori": "Utrikes född"
}Record 5Ar: 2025 · Kon: Män
{
"Ar": "2025",
"Kon": "Män",
"_id": 228467,
"Antal": "2268",
"Omrade": "5: Bunkeflostrand, Tygelsjö by m fl",
"Geografikod": "GESO05",
"Geografityp": "Geografiska statistikområden",
"Huvudkategori": "Bakgrund",
"Underkategori": "Utrikes född"
}Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
Verification Status
Using the API
Configuration
- Base URL
- https://opendata-api.malmo.se
- Format
- rest
Query examples
curl -s 'https://opendata-api.malmo.se/api/3/action/package_show?id=52c2ca0d-7930-457f-aaf4-42c939ebca2a' -H 'Accept: application/json'Full CKAN dataset record: resources, licence, organization, freshness.
Dataset
Volume & freshness
License
No license declared upstream.
Source: ckan