44 percent of the respondents in a survey from 2020 stated that Sweden is to an adequate extent prepared for drinking water shortage should it affect the country. Furthermore, 57 percent of Swedes believed that the country would not be able to manage and face a potential food shortage.
To what extent do you think that there is a readiness in Sweden to manage and face the following threats and crises should they affect the country?
Characteristic
Adequate extent
Inadequate extent
No opinion
Drinking water shortage
44%
49%
8%
Food shortage
37%
57%
6%
Large epidemic
29%
64%
4%
Propaganda/false information from foreign states
25%
61%
14%
Fuel shortage
25%
62%
12%
Medicine shortage
25%
67%
8%
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The original question was phrased by the source as follows: "I vilken grad tror du att det finns beredskap i Sverige att hantera och möta följande hot och kriser om sådana skulle drabba vårt land?"
Missing percentage points to 100 percent and percentage points exceeding 100 percent are probably due to rounding.
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Myndigheten för samhällsskydd och beredskap. (August 19, 2020). To what extent do you think that there is a readiness in Sweden to manage and face the following threats and crises should they affect the country? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 25, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/698104/survey-on-readiness-to-manage-and-hinder-selected-threats-and-crises-in-sweden/
Myndigheten för samhällsskydd och beredskap. "To what extent do you think that there is a readiness in Sweden to manage and face the following threats and crises should they affect the country?." Chart. August 19, 2020. Statista. Accessed April 25, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/698104/survey-on-readiness-to-manage-and-hinder-selected-threats-and-crises-in-sweden/
Myndigheten för samhällsskydd och beredskap. (2020). To what extent do you think that there is a readiness in Sweden to manage and face the following threats and crises should they affect the country?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 25, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/698104/survey-on-readiness-to-manage-and-hinder-selected-threats-and-crises-in-sweden/
Myndigheten för samhällsskydd och beredskap. "To What Extent Do You Think That There Is a Readiness in Sweden to Manage and Face The following Threats and Crises Should They Affect The Country?." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Aug 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/698104/survey-on-readiness-to-manage-and-hinder-selected-threats-and-crises-in-sweden/
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To what extent do you think that there is a readiness in Sweden to manage and face the following threats and crises should they affect the country? [Graph], Myndigheten för samhällsskydd och beredskap, August 19, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/698104/survey-on-readiness-to-manage-and-hinder-selected-threats-and-crises-in-sweden/
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