European ranking
12 / 30
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Current reading for Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years) in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years)
Latest value
8.00 Percent of people aged 0 to 64
European ranking
12 / 30
Compared with Europe
+0.7 puntos
Sweden is 0.7 points above the European average.
EU: 7.30
Affected population
≈ 0.85 million people affected
Year: 2025
Embedded regional ranking preview with real regional values and shared semantic bars.
Indicator: Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years)
Granularity: Regions
Östra Mellansverige
9.80
Sydsverige
9.30
Norra Mellansverige
9.30
Mellersta Norrland
8.50
Småland med öarna
7.20
Stockholm
7.20
Övre Norrland
7.10
Västsverige
6.80
Sweden performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years), although the difference is relatively small. The trend context points to confirmed stability. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
In Sweden, Low work intensity is close to the European benchmark, although slightly worse: 8.0% versus 7.1% in 2025, a gap of 1.0 percentage points.
In Sweden, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 7.90% in 2020 to 8.00% in 2025. The latest value also changes little from 7.70% in 2024, confirming the stable reading.
In Sweden, regional values for Low work intensity are relatively close. Across 8 comparable regions, Östra Mellansverige records the highest value (9.8%) and Västsverige the lowest (6.8%), a gap of 3 percentage points.