Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Sweden
1.5% of people in Sweden lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2023.
Sweden, 2023
1.5%
Change from 2022
−0.2percentage points
World, 2023
47.1%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2023
1.2%
Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Sweden over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Sweden | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 46.2% |
| 2023 | 1.5% | 47.1% |
| 2022 | 1.7% | 48.3% |
| 2021 | 1.5% | 48.7% |
| 2020 | 1.0% | 50.4% |
| 2019 | 1.0% | – |
| 2018 | 1.5% | 50.4% |
| 2017 | 0.8% | 51.5% |
| 2016 | 1.0% | 52.4% |
| 2015 | 1.2% | 53.5% |
| 2014 | 1.2% | 54.7% |
| 2013 | 1.4% | 55.8% |
| 2012 | 1.2% | 57.5% |
| 2011 | 1.5% | 58.8% |
| 2010 | 1.4% | 60.2% |
| 2009 | 1.2% | 61.7% |
| 2008 | 1.2% | 62.5% |
| 2007 | 1.0% | 63.6% |
| 2006 | 1.1% | 65.0% |
| 2005 | 1.9% | 66.2% |
| 2004 | 1.1% | 67.4% |
| 2003 | 1.1% | 68.7% |
| 2002 | 0.5% | 69.3% |
| 2001 | 0.6% | 70.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 1.7% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 1.4%, the figure has changed by +0.1 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 47.1%.
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At-risk-of-poverty rate
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Poverty or social exclusion rate
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Income inequality (Gini)
28.6 (0 to 100)
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Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20)
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Severe material and social deprivation
3.9%
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