A sakamakon haka, Malmö yana da halin da ake ciki na tattalin arziki bayan tsakiyar shekarun 1970. Daga tsakanin 1990 zuwa 1995, an rasa ayyukan yi 27,000, kuma kasafin kudin kasa ya wuce biliyan daya na Sweden (SEK). A 1995, Malmö yana da mafi girman rashin aikin yi a Sweden. Duk da haka, a cikin shekaru biyu da suka gabata akwai farfadowa. Ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da ke taimakawa shi ne haɗin tattalin arziki tare da Denmark ta hanyar Øresund, wanda aka bude a watan Yuli 2000.
Shekarar 1995