Sweden
EU-27 · statistics to 2024–25 · policy framework at end-2025 · policy coded from the 2025 mid-term review report and the documents it cites
66.2composite, 0–100
16 / 45rank · 15 of 27 in EU-27
−0.4change since 2015, time-varying indicators
SwedenEU-27 average
Dimensions
| Dimension | Score | Rank /45 | EU-27 | EU-27 | Indicators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Political | 73.2 | 15 | 71.5 | 71.5 | 7 / 8 |
| Economic | 75.9 | 6 | 62.8 | 62.8 | 13 / 20 |
| Legal | 49.6 | 27 | 63.8 | 63.8 | 7 / 12 |
| Institutional | 77.1 | 4 | 61.9 | 61.9 | 10 / 16 |
| Financial | 55.3 | 25 | 71.0 | 71.0 | 3 / 7 |
| Composite | 66.2 | 16 | 66.2 | 66.2 | 40 / 63 |
Indicators = scored now / in the full SEI matrix. Ties share a rank.
Composite, 2015–2024
SwedenEU-27 average
Same goalposts every year. Legal and financial scores are held at their single readings, so change comes from governance, social and labour statistics, firm demography and early-stage entrepreneurship.
Social-enterprise policy and legal framework, end-2025
| SE strategy / action plan 1.2.1 Regeringens strategi för sociala företag (2018–2020), not renewed · source | 2/3 |
| Institutional structure & dialogue 1.2.2 Labour market ministry-assigned Arbetsförmedlingen–Fremia collaboration; Tillväxtverket | 1/2 |
| Social clauses in public procurement 2.3.2 Reserved contracts for idea-based organisations in welfare services; Roadmap for Public Business 2025–2030 · source | 2/2 |
| Official SE definition 3.1 None (no unified SE definition) · source | 0/1 |
| Legal recognition of SEs 3.2.1 Act (2022:900) on Registration of Idea-based Organisations (in force 2023) · source | 1/2 |
| SE support ecosystem 4.3.6 Coompanion (national federation of 25 regional cooperative development agencies) · source | 2/2 |
| EU funds mobilised for SE 5.1.1 ESF+ (National Competence Centre for Social Innovation); ERDF, Interreg, JTF · source | 1/2 |
| Dedicated national funding 5.2.2 Project-based national financing; Tillväxtverket co-funding of Coompanion advisory · source | 1/2 |
Policy composite 58.3 of 100 (mean of the eight codes).
Cite this profile
Social Entrepreneurship Observatory & SENIC. (2026). Sweden: SEI 2026 country profile (provisional edition, version 0.9.1). Social Entrepreneurship Index. https://seindex.org/countries/sweden/