Severe material and social deprivation rate by sex

In 2023, Sweden's severe material and social deprivation rate by sex increased by 8.7% compared to 2022, reaching 5.00.

Sweden accounts for 36.8% of the EU-27 total of 13.6.

Sweden ranks 24th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 78.6% (from 2.80 in 2018).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_lm420, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.