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

In 2010, Sweden's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 2.6% compared to 2009, reaching 15.6%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 17.1%.

Sweden ranks 17th 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 56.0% (from 10.0% in 2005).

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