Västsverige
Region in Sweden · area code SE23
In The Cracks Index, Västsverige ranks 1 of 255 areas at region level. 0 areas catch their most vulnerable people more reliably; 254 areas do so less reliably.
4.9
0 best · 100 widest cracks · built from 6 indicators
The change most likely to close the widest crack in Västsverige
Steadier, less fragmented access to food and income support is the lever most associated with improvement here.
Linked to the indicator food insecurity. This is the index pointing forward: not a judgement, but a lever. The estimated impact is published as a direction, not a promise.
Where Västsverige’s safety net holds, and where it is under strain
Each bar is the indicator normalised to 0–100, direction-corrected so a longer bar always means more cracks. The raw public value and the source year sit beside it. The method is identical at every level.
Problematic debt
weight 19%Share of households with debts they can no longer repay. The first crack most people fall through, and the one that pushes the others open.
Raw value 5.53 % of households source year 2024 Holding estimate
Number of evictions
weight 15%Court-ordered evictions per 10,000 households. A direct measure of how often housing insecurity is allowed to reach its endpoint.
Raw value 5.95 per 10,000 households source year 2024 Holding estimate
Mental-health treatment gap
weight 15%Share of people with an identified mental-health care need who receive no care. The distance between needing help and reaching it.
Raw value 11.91 % unmet need source year 2024 Holding estimate
Unmet youth care
weight 12%Share of young people referred for care who wait longer than the recommended term or are never helped. A crack measured early in a life.
Raw value 8.08 % unmet need source year 2024 Holding estimate
Food insecurity Widest crack
weight 12%Share of the population reporting moderate or severe food insecurity. The point at which a financial shortfall reaches the kitchen table.
Raw value 4.68 % of the population source year 2024 Holding estimate
Severe material deprivation
weight 12%Share of the population unable to afford several basic necessities that most people take for granted. A widely used floor for material insecurity.
Raw value 2.13 % of the population source year 2024 Holding estimate
The widest crack in Västsverige is food insecurity, which carries the most weight in raising the composite score. That is what the fix above targets.
Cite this figure
Fynqo (2026). The Cracks Index, v1-20260518. Snapshot of 2026-05-18. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0. https://fynqo.app/cracks-index/
Every value on this page is a public area-level aggregate. No personal data is used. The method is fully public and identical at country, region and municipality level.
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