SE · 2017 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
Sweden, 2017
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
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%
Sweden timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · ilc_li02