Severe material and social deprivation rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex

In 2025, Sweden's severe material and social deprivation rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex increased by 38.9% compared to 2024, reaching 15.0.

Sweden accounts for 63.3% of the EU-27 total of 23.7.

Sweden ranks 15th 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 51.5% (from 9.90 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_spi120, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.