SE · 2012 · ilc_li02

At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex

Sweden, 2012

At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex
16.1%
Sweden, 2012
▼ 3.0% vs 2011 (16.6%)
Analysis

In 2012, Sweden's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 3.0% compared to 2011, reaching 16.1%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 17.6%.

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 51.9% (from 10.6% in 2007).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2012
#15 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2012
91.5%
EU-27: 17.6%
Sweden timeline (last 15 years)
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