At-risk-of-poverty rate by sex

In 2010, Sweden's at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex increased by 2.8% compared to 2009, reaching 44.4.

Sweden accounts for 89.7% of the EU-27 total of 49.5.

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 55.8% (from 28.5 in 2005).

Source: Eurostat dataset tessi010, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.