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  • One in ten has severe physical pain

    9 percent of Sweden's population, aged 16 and older, have severe pain in the shoulders, neck, back, hip, arms, or legs. That is one of the results in a report based on the Living Conditions Surveys that Statistics Sweden publishes today.

  • Reduced holiday travel during the pandemic

    Younger and middle-aged people travel more than older people, but holiday travel has decreased in all age groups according to the 2022 living conditions survey.

  • Sweden is one of the countries in the EU with the biggest difference between native- and foreign-born that live in material and social deprivation

    The percentage of the population in Sweden aged 16 years and over that live in material and social deprivation has remained relatively stable at 3-4 percent over the last few years. This is the lowest rate among all EU countries. However, Sweden is also one of the countries within the EU with the biggest difference between native- and foreign-born when it comes to material and social deprivation.

  • Sharp increase in visits to green areas during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Results from the 2021 SILC show that 85 percent of the population aged 16 and over had been out in the nature at least at some point in the last 12 months. 52 per cent had been out in the nature every week, an increase from 31-33 per cent in the years 2008 to 2019.