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

In 2021, Sweden's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 0.0% compared to 2020, reaching 15.0%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 16.1%.

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 fallen by 1.3% (from 15.2% in 2016).

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