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Sweden: Severe Material Deprivation

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

Sweden

Latest value

· 2025

3.90% of people

EU 6.01 · -2.1 pp vs Europe

European ranking

14 / 23

Up 3 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 7 of the 13 material or social items used in the Eurostat material and social deprivation framework.

Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.

Data source: Eurostat Severe material and social deprivation rate TESPM030

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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

    +15.38

    4.50

  2. 1

    Småland med öarna

    +15.38

    4.50

  3. 3

    Norra Mellansverige

    +12.82

    4.40

  4. 4

    Stockholm

    +10.26

    4.30

  5. 5

    Sydsverige

    +0.00

    3.90

  6. 6

    Västsverige

    -17.95

    3.20

  7. 7

    Mellersta Norrland

    -23.08

    3.00

  8. 8

    Övre Norrland

    -64.10

    1.40

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Sweden performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Severe 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, Severe deprivation is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 3.9% versus 6.0% in 2025, with a gap of 2.1 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Sweden, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 2.00% in 2020 to 3.90% in 2025. The latest step, from 3.00% in 2024 to 3.90% in 2025, confirms the deterioration. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.

Regional differences in Sweden

In Sweden, Severe deprivation shows noticeable regional variation. Across 8 comparable regions, Östra Mellansverige records the highest value (4.5%) and Övre Norrland the lowest (1.4%), a gap of 3.1 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. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.