SE · 2016 · ilc_li02

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

Sweden, 2016

At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex
15.2%
Sweden, 2016
▼ 0.7% vs 2015 (15.3%)
Analysis

In 2016, Sweden's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 0.7% compared to 2015, reaching 15.2%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 16.8%.

Sweden ranks 14th 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 7.0% (from 14.2% in 2011).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2016
#14 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2016
90.5%
EU-27: 16.8%
Sweden timeline (last 15 years)
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