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

In 2013, Sweden's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 7.3% compared to 2012, reaching 19.0%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 20.7%.

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 25.8% (from 15.1% in 2008).

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