At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys

In 2011, Sweden's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 4.7% compared to 2010, reaching 17.9%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 21.1%.

Sweden ranks 18th 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 19.3% (from 15.0% in 2006).

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