Sweden: important societal issues 2022

As of 2022, law and order was deemed the most important issue by 37 percent of the respondents in Sweden. Sweden has seen increasing gang violence in recent years. Health care followed with 36 percent. Environment and energy was seen as the third most pressing issue.

Most important societal issues in Sweden as of 2022

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Law and order	37%
Health care	36%
Environment/energy	30%
School/education	24%
Integration/immigration	22%
Social problems	12%
Economy	10%
Elderly	7%
Democracy/people's rights	4%
Swedish foreign politics	3%
Employment market	3%
Infrastructure	3%
Family politics	2%
Governance/politics	2%
Taxes	2%
Housing/constrution	1%

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Release date

April 2023

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Region

Sweden

Survey time period

2022

Number of respondents

5,174 respondents

Age group

16-85 years

Method of interview

Email survey

Supplementary notes

This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Which issue(s) or societal problem(s) do you think is/are the most important in Sweden today?"

The respondents were asked to provide a maximum of three issues/societal problems in an open-ended question.

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