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

In 2017, Sweden's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 6.4% compared to 2016, reaching 16.2%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 17.5%.

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 0.6% (from 16.1% in 2012).

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