Inequality of income distribution

In 2020, Sweden's inequality of income distribution decreased by 4.8% compared to 2019, reaching 8.24.

Sweden accounts for 84.3% of the EU-27 total of 9.78.

Sweden ranks 18th 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 1.5% (from 8.12 in 2015).

Source: Eurostat dataset tespm151, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.