Severe material and social deprivation rate

In 2024, Sweden's severe material and social deprivation rate increased by 20.0% compared to 2023, reaching 6.00.

Sweden accounts for 46.9% of the EU-27 total of 12.8.

Sweden ranks 21st 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 100.0% (from 3.00 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tespm030, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.