Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Sweden
16.1% of people in Sweden lived below the national poverty line in 2022.
Sweden, 2022
16.1%
Change from 2021
+0.1percentage points
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2022
18.2%
Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Sweden over time
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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Sweden |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 16.1% |
| 2021 | 16.0% |
| 2020 | 15.7% |
| 2019 | 16.1% |
| 2018 | 17.1% |
| 2017 | 16.4% |
| 2016 | 15.8% |
| 2015 | 16.2% |
| 2014 | 16.3% |
| 2013 | 15.6% |
| 2012 | 16.0% |
| 2011 | 15.2% |
| 2010 | 15.4% |
| 2009 | 14.8% |
| 2008 | 14.4% |
| 2007 | 13.5% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 16.0% in 2021.
- Since 2012, when it was 16.0%, the figure has changed by +0.1 percentage points.
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All statistics for Sweden
Extreme poverty rate
0.8%
2023 · World Bank
At-risk-of-poverty rate
15.6%
2025 · Eurostat
Poverty or social exclusion rate
18.6%
2025 · Eurostat
Income inequality (Gini)
28.6 (0 to 100)
2025 · Eurostat
Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20)
4.58 times
2025 · Eurostat
Severe material and social deprivation
3.9%
2025 · Eurostat