At-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex

In 2010, Sweden's at-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex increased by 6.9% compared to 2009, reaching 51.3.

Sweden accounts for 81.0% of the EU-27 total of 63.3.

Sweden ranks 21st 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 67.6% (from 30.6 in 2005).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_spi110, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.