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

In 2015, Sweden's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 3.4% compared to 2014, reaching 15.3%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 17.0%.

Sweden ranks 16th 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 10.1% (from 13.9% in 2010).

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