Poverty & Inequality in Sweden 163 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Sweden. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys 2025 down 20.0% 16th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 26.0% 52nd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 40.0% 104th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.43 live births per woman 2023 down 24.1% 188th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,456 kg per hectare 2023 down 13.0% 53rd Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 12.2% 149th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -27.03 % change on previous year 2023 down 6,455.2% 179th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 41.37 2023 down 3.1% 8th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 41.4% 2023 down 3.1% 8th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 2.3% 144th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -2.69 % change on previous year 2023 down 414.6% 141st Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -11.11 % change on previous year 2025 — 77th Gender Inequality Index 0.007 2023 down 84.4% 167th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 28.0% 2023 up 21.4% 25th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0725 2023 down 4.3% 221st Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0725 2023 down 4.3% 221st Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0823 2023 down 4.5% 221st Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.8% 2023 up 14.3% 73rd Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.6% 2023 up 20.0% 54th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.9% 2023 up 12.5% 82nd Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 1.5% 2023 up 7.1% 101st Prosperity gap 1.1 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2023 unchanged 99th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1694 2023 up 17.1% 137th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.6% 2023 unchanged 74th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 12.4% 2023 up 7.8% 102nd Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.9% 2023 up 12.5% 97th Population living in slums 0.3% 2022 up 124.1% 138th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.886 2023 up 1.6% 9th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.886 2023 up 1.6% 9th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.886 2023 up 1.6% 9th Proportion of population below international poverty line 0.8% 2023 up 14.3% 76th Three metrics of inequality 39.71 2022 up 0.8% 110th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.3971 2022 up 0.8% 110th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 804.17 2023 down 19.8% 16th Income share held by second 20% 13.8% 2023 down 1.4% 17th Income share held by third 20% 17.8% 2023 up 0.6% 12th Income share held by fourth 20% 23.3% 2023 up 0.4% 10th Income share held by highest 20% 37.2% 2023 up 0.5% 108th Income share held by highest 10% 22.3% 2023 up 0.5% 112th Income share held by lowest 10% 2.8% 2023 down 3.4% 66th Income share held by lowest 20% 7.9% 2023 down 2.5% 36th Gini index 29.3 2023 up 1.7% 102nd Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 11.0% 2023 up 8.9% 69th Total shortfall from extreme poverty 63.58 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2023 up 17.0% 61st Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.6% 2023 up 6.6% 56th At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region 15.6% 2025 down 4.3% 26th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.2588 2022 up 2.4% 107th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 25.3% 2025 down 15.1% 19th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.2588 2022 up 2.4% 107th Material and social deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 6.9% 2025 up 122.6% 31st Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 45,193 2017 up 15.1% 13th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region 18.6% 2025 up 2.2% 25th Severe material and social deprivation by NUTS 2 region 3.9% 2025 up 254.5% 25th Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 29.7% 2022 down 0.9% 109th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 9.7% 2022 down 2.5% 96th Severe material deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 1.8% 2020 down 5.3% 41st Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region - EU 17.9% 2020 up 1.1% 30th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 37.8% 2024 down 8.0% 17th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.8% 2023 up 28.7% 69th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.2928 2023 up 1.6% 99th Page 1 of 3 Next →