SE · 2021 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
Sweden, 2021
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
12.9%
Sweden, 2021
▼ 15.7% vs 2020 (15.3%)
Analysis
In 2021, Sweden's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 15.7% compared to 2020, reaching 12.9%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 16.7%.
Sweden ranks 20th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 23.2% (from 16.8% in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#20 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2021
77.2%
EU-27: 16.7%
Sweden timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · ilc_li02