Children (aged less than 18) at risk of poverty or social exclusion

In 2020, Sweden's children (aged less than 18) at risk of poverty or social exclusion decreased by 12.2% compared to 2019, reaching 60.6.

Sweden accounts for 83.8% of the EU-27 total of 72.3.

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 2.5% (from 59.1 in 2015).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_lm412, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.