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

In 2021, Sweden's children (aged less than 18) at risk of poverty or social exclusion decreased by 2.5% compared to 2020, reaching 59.1.

Sweden accounts for 80.4% of the EU-27 total of 73.5.

Sweden ranks 19th 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 0.0% (from 59.1 in 2016).

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