Severe material and social deprivation in Sweden
3.9% of people in Sweden were severely materially and socially deprived in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2015.
Sweden, 2025
3.9%
Change from 2024
+0.9percentage points
European Union, 2025
6.3%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
4.5%
Position in 2025
20th of 31
Severe material and social deprivation in Sweden over time
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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Sweden | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.9% | 6.3% |
| 2024 | 3.0% | 6.4% |
| 2023 | 2.5% | 6.8% |
| 2022 | 2.3% | 6.7% |
| 2021 | 1.4% | 6.3% |
| 2020 | 2.0% | 6.7% |
| 2019 | 1.5% | 6.7% |
| 2018 | 1.4% | 7.1% |
| 2017 | 1.0% | 7.8% |
| 2016 | 0.7% | 9.0% |
| 2015 | 1.1% | 9.7% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.9 percentage points from 3.0% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 1.1%, the figure has changed by +2.8 percentage points.
- Among the 31 countries with data for 2025, Sweden has the 20th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 6.3%.
More for Sweden
All statistics for Sweden
Poverty or social exclusion rate
18.6%
2025 · Eurostat
Inability to keep home adequately warm
4.7%
2025 · Eurostat
At-risk-of-poverty rate
15.6%
2025 · Eurostat
Income inequality (Gini)
28.6 (0 to 100)
2025 · Eurostat
Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20)
4.58 times
2025 · Eurostat
Gini index
29.3 (0 to 100)
2023 · World Bank