Material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation in Sweden
Sweden: Material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation was 10,586 Thousand persons in 2025. ▲ Rising
Material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation in Sweden, 2015–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Thousand persons.
Analysis
In 2025, material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation in Sweden stood at 10,586 Thousand persons. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation in Sweden peaked at 10,586 Thousand persons in 2025 and was at its lowest, 9,746 Thousand persons, in 2015.
That places Sweden 13th out of 43 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation in Sweden, year by year
| Year | Thousand persons | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 9,746 Thousand persons | — |
| 2016 | 9,851 Thousand persons | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 9,995 Thousand persons | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 10,118 Thousand persons | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 10,224 Thousand persons | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 10,328 Thousand persons | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 10,379 Thousand persons | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 10,452 Thousand persons | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 10,522 Thousand persons | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 10,552 Thousand persons | +0.3% |
| 2025 | 10,586 Thousand persons | +0.3% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 10,586 Thousand persons is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 6,444 Thousand persons, 1.6× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 10,586 Thousand persons is above the median for high income countries, which is 7,634 Thousand persons, 1.4× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 9,987 Thousand persons | 9,746 Thousand persons | 10,224 Thousand persons | 5 |
| 2020s | 10,470 Thousand persons | 10,328 Thousand persons | 10,586 Thousand persons | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More poverty & inequality data for Sweden
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.43 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,456 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -27.03 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 41.37 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 41.4% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation in Sweden?
- Material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation in Sweden was 10,586 Thousand persons in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 10,586 Thousand persons in 2025.
- What is the lowest material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,746 Thousand persons in 2015.
- How does Sweden rank for material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation?
- Sweden ranks 13th out of 43 countries with data for 2025.
- Is material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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