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

In 2016, Sweden's at-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex increased by 3.3% compared to 2015, reaching 56.1.

Sweden accounts for 87.4% of the EU-27 total of 64.2.

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 4.5% (from 53.7 in 2011).

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