Poverty & Inequality in Sweden 21 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Sweden. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 1.5% 2023 up 7.1% 99th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.9% 2023 up 12.5% 80th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.8% 2023 up 14.3% 71st Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.6% 2023 up 20.0% 52nd Prosperity gap 1.1 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2023 unchanged 97th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.9% 2023 up 12.5% 95th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 12.4% 2023 up 7.8% 100th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.6% 2023 unchanged 72nd Population living in slums 0.3% 2022 up 124.1% 138th Income share held by second 20% 13.8% 2023 down 1.4% 17th Gini index 29.3 2023 up 1.7% 100th Income share held by lowest 20% 7.9% 2023 down 2.5% 36th Income share held by lowest 10% 2.8% 2023 down 3.4% 66th Income share held by highest 10% 22.3% 2023 up 0.5% 110th Income share held by highest 20% 37.2% 2023 up 0.5% 106th Income share held by fourth 20% 23.3% 2023 up 0.4% 8th Income share held by third 20% 17.8% 2023 up 0.6% 12th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 11.0% 2023 up 8.9% 67th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.8% 2023 up 28.7% 69th Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines 16.1% 2022 up 0.6% 41st Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (World Bank) 1.6% 2023 up 14.3% 28th