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Equality

How unequal is wellbeing?

The Wellbeing Equality Coefficient shows how unequal individual wellbeing is within a population.

Lower WEC means greater equality. Higher WEC means greater inequality.

How to read it

From equal scores to unequal experiences

The coefficient summarises how individual wellbeing scores are distributed. It describes inequality within a population, not its average level of wellbeing.

From perfect equalityto greater inequality

01

Perfect equality

Everyone has the same wellbeing score.

02

Greater inequality

People have different wellbeing scores.

0%0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%Cumulative share of peopleCumulative share of wellbeingAll respondents · WEC 13.5Perfect equalityObserved distributionWEC 13.5

1Rank people by wellbeing

2Follow the cumulative distribution

3A larger gap means greater inequality

The diagonal represents perfect equality. The curved line is calculated from respondents in the 2026 Q3 survey wave.

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Compare inequality between populations

Choose one or two characteristics, then add up to three subgroups to compare within the selected survey wave.

What would you like to compare? Choose up to two.

0%0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%Cumulative share of peopleCumulative share of wellbeingPerfect equalityStockholm region

Swipe horizontally to see the full graph.

Stockholm region

The dashed curve shows the region; the diagonal shows perfect equality.