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Sweden: Material and Social Deprivation

An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.

Sweden

Latest value

· 2025

6.90% of people

EU 11.38 · -4.5 pp vs Europe

European ranking

22 / 30

Up 2 positions compared with previous year

Population

10.6M

Country population · 2025

What this indicator measures

Measures the share of people who, because they cannot afford them, lack at least 5 of 13 specified material or social items considered relevant to an adequate standard of living.

Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.

Data source: Eurostat Material and social deprivation rate ilc_mdsd09

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Regional map

· 2025 · 8 regions

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Internal regions

Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.

  1. 1

    Östra Mellansverige

    +36.23

    9.40

  2. 2

    Stockholm

    +10.14

    7.60

  3. 3

    Småland med öarna

    +4.35

    7.20

  4. 4

    Norra Mellansverige

    +0.00

    6.90

  5. 5

    Sydsverige

    -8.70

    6.30

  6. 6

    Västsverige

    -15.94

    5.80

  7. 7

    Mellersta Norrland

    -27.54

    5.00

  8. 8

    Övre Norrland

    -62.32

    2.60

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Sweden performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Material and social deprivation rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed deterioration. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Sweden

In Sweden, Material deprivation is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 6.9% versus 11.4% in 2025, with a gap of 4.5 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Sweden, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 3.90% in 2020 to 6.90% in 2025. The latest value changes little from 6.60% in 2024, so the previous deterioration continues but with less intensity.

Regional differences in Sweden

In Sweden, Material deprivation shows noticeable regional variation. Across 8 comparable regions, Östra Mellansverige records the highest value (9.4%) and Övre Norrland the lowest (2.6%), a gap of 6.8 percentage points.

Reading within the topic

In Sweden, the evidence for Quality of Life & Household Conditions leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. Recent changes among related indicators are also mixed, with improvement in some and deterioration in others.