Sweden: important societal issues 2021

As of 2021, law and order was deemed the most important issue by over 40 percent of the respondents in Sweden. One third of the respondents saw health care as the most important issue. Integration and immigration was seen as the third most pressing issue.

Most important societal issues in Sweden as of 2021

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Law and order	41%
Health care	33%
Integration/immigration	31%
Environment/energy	26%
School/education	24%
Social problems	14%
Elderly	13%
Employment market	6%
Democracy/people's rights	5%
Economy	4%
Corona	4%
Taxes	2%
Housing/constrution	2%
Family politics	2%
Governance/politics	2%
Swedish foreign politics	1%

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Release date

April 2022

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Region

Sweden

Survey time period

2021

Number of respondents

3,500 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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