SE · 2017 · ilc_li02

At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex

Sweden, 2017

At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex
15.8%
Sweden, 2017
▼ 2.5% vs 2016 (16.2%)
Analysis

In 2017, Sweden's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 2.5% compared to 2016, reaching 15.8%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 16.9%.

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 3.9% (from 15.2% in 2012).

Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#15 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
93.5%
EU-27: 16.9%
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