Sweden - At Risk of Poverty rate was 14.80% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Sweden - At Risk of Poverty rate - last updated from the EUROSTAT on November of 2025. Historically, Sweden - At Risk of Poverty rate reached a record high of 17.10% in December of 2019 and a record low of 9.50% in December of 2005.

Sweden - Persistent at Risk of Poverty rate: From 18 to 24 years was 13.90% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Sweden - Persistent at Risk of Poverty rate: From 18 to 24 years - last updated from the EUROSTAT on November of 2025. Historically, Sweden - Persistent at Risk of Poverty rate: From 18 to 24 years reached a record high of 16.70% in December of 2014 and a record low of 4.00% in December of 2011.

Sweden SE: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National Poverty Lines: % of Population data was reported at 16.100 % in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 16.000 % for 2021. Sweden SE: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National Poverty Lines: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 15.900 % from Dec 2007 (Median) to 2022, with 16 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 17.100 % in 2018 and a record low of 13.500 % in 2007. Sweden SE: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National Poverty Lines: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sweden – Table SE.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line(s). National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys. For economies for which the data are from EU-SILC, the reported year is the income reference year, which is the year before the survey year.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines.;;This series only includes estimates that to the best of our knowledge are reasonably comparable over time for a country. Due to differences in estimation methodologies and poverty lines, estimates should not be compared across countries.

Of the Nordic countries, Sweden has had the highest at-risk-of-poverty rate in the entire observed period. In 2024, 13.9 percent of Sweden's population lived at risk of poverty. Since 2015, Norway, Denmark, and Finland all have had similar at-risk-of-poverty rates, around 12 percent, although since 2022, Norway's rate has reached below 12 percent.

Sweden - At Risk of Poverty rate: From 50 to 64 years was 11.50% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Sweden - At Risk of Poverty rate: From 50 to 64 years - last updated from the EUROSTAT on December of 2025. Historically, Sweden - At Risk of Poverty rate: From 50 to 64 years reached a record high of 12.00% in December of 2021 and a record low of 6.70% in December of 2010.

Historical dataset showing Sweden poverty rate by year from 1975 to 2022.

Sweden - At Risk of Poverty rate before social transfers: Less than 18 years was 31.90% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Sweden - At Risk of Poverty rate before social transfers: Less than 18 years - last updated from the EUROSTAT on November of 2025. Historically, Sweden - At Risk of Poverty rate before social transfers: Less than 18 years reached a record high of 36.80% in December of 2014 and a record low of 31.90% in December of 2024.

In 2023, **** percent of the residents born in the EU were at risk of poverty or social exclusion in Sweden, whereas the rate for people born in Sweden was at **** percent. The rate of residents born in the EU facing social or economic risk in Sweden has steadily declined over the documented period.

Sweden: Poverty ratio, percent living on less than 1.90 USD a day: The latest value from 2021 is 0.6 percent, an increase from 0.4 percent in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 5.30 percent, based on data from 71 countries. Historically, the average for Sweden from 1975 to 2021 is 0.41 percent. The minimum value, 0 percent, was reached in 2000 while the maximum of 1.1 percent was recorded in 2005.

Sweden - At-risk of poverty rate of unemployed persons was 50.90% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Sweden - At-risk of poverty rate of unemployed persons - last updated from the EUROSTAT on December of 2025. Historically, Sweden - At-risk of poverty rate of unemployed persons reached a record high of 62.20% in December of 2019 and a record low of 24.10% in December of 2006.

0.30 (%) in 2019. Population below $1.9 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.9 a day at 2005 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Sweden Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population data was reported at 12.100 % in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 11.000 % for 2020. Sweden Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 10.000 % from Dec 1975 (Median) to 2021, with 27 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 12.100 % in 2021 and a record low of 6.700 % in 1987. Sweden Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sweden – Table SE.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. The poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line is the percentage of a population living in poverty according to the World Bank's Societal Poverty Line. The Societal Poverty Line is expressed in purchasing power adjusted 2017 U.S. dollars and defined as max($2.15, $1.15 + 0.5*Median). This means that when the national median is sufficiently low, the Societal Poverty line is equivalent to the extreme poverty line, $2.15. For countries with a sufficiently high national median, the Societal Poverty Line grows as countries’ median income grows.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

Poverty ratio at $3.2 a day of Sweden shot up by 200.00% from 0.3 % in 2017 to 0.9 % in 2018. Since the 37.50% slump in 2016, poverty ratio at $3.2 a day soared by 80.00% in 2018. Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.20 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Sweden - At Risk of Poverty rate: Females was 14.60% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Sweden - At Risk of Poverty rate: Females - last updated from the EUROSTAT on November of 2025. Historically, Sweden - At Risk of Poverty rate: Females reached a record high of 17.80% in December of 2019 and a record low of 10.00% in December of 2005.

Of the Nordic countries, Sweden has had the highest at-risk-of-poverty rate among the foreign-born population since 2013. In 2023, 28 percent of Sweden's foreign-born citizens were at risk of poverty. Iceland has the lowest rate, with 13 percent in 2019, the last year for which numbers were available for the country. The at-risk-of-poverty rate among Finland's foreign-born citizens decreased by over 10 percentage points since the start of the documented period.

Sweden - At Risk of Poverty rate of older people was 10.90% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Sweden - At Risk of Poverty rate of older people - last updated from the EUROSTAT on November of 2025. Historically, Sweden - At Risk of Poverty rate of older people reached a record high of 16.80% in December of 2016 and a record low of 10.90% in December of 2024.

In 2024, Sweden had the highest rate of the foreign-born population at risk of poverty or social exclusion in the Nordic region, with around 30.9 percent of the people living in Sweden born in another country being at risk. Finland had the second-highest rate, whereas Iceland had the lowest, but numbers for the latter are only available until 2019.

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0.9 (%) in 2018. Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.20 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

In 2020, the annual rate of material deprivation in Sweden was approximately *** percent which stayed constant from the percentage in the previous year. This represents the people not being able to pay rent or utility bills; to keep their home adequately warm and to pay unexpected expenses.