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

In 2025, Sweden's at-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex increased by 9.3% compared to 2024, reaching 59.7.

Sweden accounts for 101.5% of the EU-27 total of 58.8.

Sweden ranks 11th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 6.4% (from 56.1 in 2020).

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