SE · 2016 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
Sweden, 2016
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
16.2%
Sweden, 2016
▼ 0.6% vs 2015 (16.3%)
Analysis
In 2016, Sweden's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 0.6% compared to 2015, reaching 16.2%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 17.5%.
Sweden ranks 15th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 5.2% (from 15.4% in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2016
#15 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2016
92.6%
EU-27: 17.5%
Sweden timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · ilc_li02