Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (SILC)

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The statistics describe living conditions for the Swedish population aged 16 or older in the following areas: health, economy, housing, employment, quality of life and trust in others, leisure, social relations, civic activities, security and work environment. The statistics are used, among other things, for comparisons between groups, comparisons over time and for international comparisons.

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Most of the Swedish population is often happy

2026-02-06

68 percent of Sweden's population aged 16 or older feel happy most of the time or always. Women and men are happy to an equal extent while persons aged 65 and over have a higher share who mostly or always feel happy than younger persons.

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Work Environment

Name	Date
Work environment (gainfully employed persons aged 16-74 years) by indicator, study domain and sex. Average ratings 0-10 from a self-rating scale. Year 2022-2022 - 2025-2025	2026-02-06
Work environment (gainfully employed persons aged 16-74 years) by indicator, study domain and sex. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 2008-2009 - 2025-2025	2026-02-06
Work environment (employees aged 16-74 years) by indicator, study domain and sex. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 2008-2009 - 2025-2025	2026-02-06
Long time series - Work environment (gainfully employed 16-74 years) by indicator, age and sex. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 1980-1981 - 2025-2025	2026-02-06
Long time series - Work environment (employed 16-74 years) by indicator, age and sex. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 1986-1987 - 2025-2025	2026-02-06

Housing

Name	Date
Housing by indicator, study domain and sex. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 2008-2009 - 2025-2025	2026-02-06
Long time series - Housing by indicator, age and sex. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 1980-1981 - 2025-2025	2026-02-06
SILC Housing by indicator, age and sex. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 2008 - 2020	2021-10-14
SILC Housing by indicator, type of household and sex. All ages. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 2008 - 2020	2021-10-14
SILC Housing by indicator, foreign/Swedish background and sex. All ages. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 2008 - 2020	2021-10-14
SILC Housing by indicator, level of education and sex. Ages 16 and older. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 2008 - 2020	2021-10-14
SILC Housing by indicator, socio-economic group and sex. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 2008 - 2012	2014-03-03
SILC Housing by indicator, municipality group according to classification of 2017 and sex. All ages. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 2018 - 2020	2021-10-14
SILC Housing by indicator, municipality group according to classification of 2011 and sex. All ages. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 2008 - 2017	2020-10-14
SILC Housing by indicator, municipality group according to classification of 2005 and sex. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 2008 - 2018	2019-10-16

Economy

Name	Date
Economic vulnerability by indicator, study domain and sex. 0+ years. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 2021 - 2025	2026-02-06
Economic strain by indicator, study domain and sex. 16+ years. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 2008-2009 - 2025-2025	2026-02-06
Long time series - Economy by indicator, age and sex. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 1980-1981 - 2004-2005	2026-02-06

Leisure

Name	Date
Leisure activities and holiday travel by indicator, study domain and sex. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 2008-2009 - 2025-2025	2026-02-06
Leisure activities by indicator, study domain and sex. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands Year 2014-2015 - 2025-2025	2026-02-06
Long time series - Leisure activities by indicator, age and sex. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 1982-1983 - 2022-2022	2025-02-21

Health

Name	Date
Physical and mental health by indicator, study domain and sex. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 2008-2009 - 2025-2025	2026-02-06
Pain by indicator, study domain and sex. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 2014-2015 - 2025-2025	2026-02-06
Sleeping problems by indicator, study domain and sex. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 2014-2015 - 2025-2025	2026-02-06
Smoking and taking snuff by indicator, study domain and sex. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 2008-2009 - 2025-2025	2026-02-06
Body Mass Index (BMI) by indicator, study domain and sex. Persons 16 years or older. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 2008-2009 - 2025-2025	2026-02-06
Unmet need for examination or treatment by indicator, study domain and sex. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands Year 2017-2017 - 2025-2025	2026-02-06
Disabilities by indicator, study domain and sex. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 2014-2015 - 2025-2025	2026-02-06
Long time series - Health by indicator, age and sex. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 1980-1981 - 2025-2025	2026-02-06

Civic activities

Name	Date
Civic activities, politics by indicator, study domain and sex. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 2008-2009 - 2025-2025	2026-02-06
Civic activities, trade unions, employees aged 16-74 by indicator, study domain and sex. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 2008-2009 - 2025-2025	2026-02-06
Civic activities, associations by indicator, study domain and sex. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 2012-2013 - 2023-2023	2025-02-21
Civic activities, retirement associations by indicator, study domain and sex. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 2012-2013 - 2023-2023	2025-02-21
Long time series - Civic activities, politics by indicator, age and sex. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 1980-1981 - 2025-2025	2026-02-06
Long time series - Civic activities, trade union organization (employees 16-74 years) by indicator, age and sex. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 1980-1981 - 2025-2025	2026-02-06

Social relations

Name	Date
Social relations by indicator, study domain and sex. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 2008-2009 - 2025-2025	2026-02-06
Long time series - Social relations by indicator, age and sex. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 1980-1981 - 2020-2020	2025-02-21

Employment

Name	Date
Main activity (persons aged 16-74 years) by indicator, study domain and sex. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 2008-2009 - 2025-2025	2026-02-06
Employment (gainfully employed persons aged 16-74 years) by indicator, study domain and sex. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 2008-2009 - 2025-2025	2026-02-06
Employment (employees aged 16-74 years) by indicator, study domain and sex. Year 2008-2009 - 2025-2025	2026-02-06
Long time series - Main occupation (population 16-74 years) by indicator, age and sex. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 1980-1981 - 2025-2025	2026-02-06
Long time series - Employment (gainfully employed 16-74 years) by indicator, age and sex. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 1980-1981 - 2025-2025	2026-02-06
Long time series - Employment (employed 16-74 years) by indicator, age and sex. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 1980-1981 - 2025-2025	2026-02-06

Security

Name	Date
Insecurity by indicator, study domain and sex. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 2008-2009 - 2025-2025	2026-02-06
Insecurity (gainfully employed persons aged 16-74 years) by indicator, study domain and sex. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 2008-2009 - 2024-2024	2025-02-21
Long time series - Insecurity by indicator, age and sex. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 1980-1981 - 2025-2025	2026-02-06
Long time series - Insecurity (gainfully employed 16-74 years) by indicator, age and sex. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 1982-1983 - 2024-2024	2025-02-21

Quality of Life and trust in others

Name	Date
Quality of Life and trust in others by indicator, study domain and sex. Average rating 0-10 from a self-rating scale. Year 2022-2022 - 2025-2025	2026-02-06
Quality of Life and trust in others by indicator, study domain and sex. Percentage and estimated numbers in thousands. Year 2022 - 2025	2026-02-06

Publications

Title	Language	Type	Date
Book reading i Sweden 1982-2024	Swedish	Report	2025-06-25
Threats, violence and worry 1980-2024	Swedish	Report	2025-06-05
Cultural activities 2022	Swedish	Report	2025-02-14
Social relations 2022	Swedish	Report	2024-10-09
Wellbeing 2022	Swedish	Report	2023-12-14
Health 2022	Swedish	Report	2023-11-22
Work Environment 1980–2022	Swedish	Report	2023-09-18
Definition of disability in the Statistics on Income and Living conditions. Partial reporting of government assignment.	Swedish	Report	2022-06-13
Revision of the cross-sectional and longitudinal auxiliary vectors in the Swedish SILC	English	Report	2021-12-13
Work environment 1980–2020	Swedish	Report	2021-09-13
Insecurity 1980-2020	Swedish	Report	2021-05-19
Visits to the forests and fields 2018–2019. In urban and rural areas and from an economic perspective	Swedish	Report	2021-03-23
Measuring disability: a comparison of different statistical sources	Swedish	Report	2020-11-25
Work environment 1980-2017	Swedish	Report	2018-12-17
Threats, violence and worry 1980–2017	Swedish	Report	2018-05-31
Living Conditions 1980–2016 – selected indicators	Swedish	Report	2018-03-02
Leisure 2014–2015	Swedish	Report	2017-01-25
Health 2012–2013	Swedish	Rapport	2015-05-22
Changes in the Life Conditions Survey 2006–2008 – A Study in the Comparability of Welfare Indicators over time	Swedish with elements of English	Rapport	2010-10-01
Alternative modes of data collection in ULF, phase 2 – A comparison between two different modes of data collection	Swedish	Rapport	2010-01-18

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