Social Development in Sweden 176 indicators covering social development for Sweden. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Democracy Index 10 2018 unchanged 1st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 195 2025 up 1,200.0% 145th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0 units per person 2025 up 1,102.2% 162nd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 874.7% 172nd Political Rights Score 40 2025 unchanged 1st Freedom Score 99 2025 down 1.0% 2nd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 4,661 2025 down 97.0% 69th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.0004 units per person 2025 down 97.3% 73rd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 97.8% 110th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -33.9 % change on previous year 2025 down 167.8% 122nd Full democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 — 36th Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st Distribution of Democracy Index 20 2018 unchanged 1st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate -15.1 % change on previous year 2025 down 108.5% 114th Equal Rights Protection Index 0.924 2025 down 3.2% 12th Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.989 2025 unchanged 1st Political Corruption Index 0.009 2025 up 12.5% 175th Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.009 2025 up 12.5% 175th Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 2.73 2024 up 3.5% 59th Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 34th Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 19th Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 — 56th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.0004 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1,650.3% 181st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.0277 units per square kilometre 2023 down 59.3% 70th LGBT+ Rights Index 11 2019 unchanged 2nd Forcibly displaced people 148,777 2025 down 54.4% 69th Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 — 1st Press freedom 2 2016 unchanged 1st Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 2 number 2025 up 100.0% 1st Age of electoral democracy 107 years 2025 up 10.3% 4th Full democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Corruption Perceptions Index 80 2024 down 8.0% 8th Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 — 38th Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 8.68 2024 down 7.6% 52nd Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 7.43 2024 up 2.9% 50th Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 1.19 2024 down 45.6% 32nd Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year 0.0679 2024 up 1,878.5% 11th Self-reported life satisfaction 7.25 2025 down 0.5% 5th Happiness vs. life satisfaction 7.25 2025 down 0.5% 5th Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 36.8% 2024 up 0.7% 104th Homicide rate 1.15 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 26.5% 125th Homicides 121 homicides 2023 up 39.1% 91st Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 1.15 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 26.5% 125th Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 1.15 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 26.5% 124th Age of electoral democracy 104 years 2025 up 10.6% 8th States involved in interstate conflicts 1 2014 — 1st Citizen support for democracy 2.13 2020 up 76.5% 4th Homicides 114 deaths 2023 up 42.5% 48th Child homicide rate 0.8237 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 up 99.8% 32nd Citizen satisfaction with democracy 1.41 2020 down 17.5% 11th Homicide rate 1.08 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 up 29.8% 62nd Homicide rate by age of the victim 1.08 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 up 29.8% 62nd Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 100.0% 2025 — 1st Homicides 111.17 deaths 2021 up 34.6% 126th Homicide rate 1.06 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 21.8% 161st Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 1.06 2021 up 21.3% 155th Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 682,000 2030 down 33.1% 96th States involved in wars 0 2011 — 5th Alcohol, total (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 9.41 2030 down 1.1% 45th ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →