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

In 2018, Sweden's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 1.3% compared to 2017, reaching 15.2%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 16.2%.

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 3.4% (from 14.7% in 2013).

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