Poverty & Inequality in Sweden 163 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Sweden. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 88,292 people 2023 up 41.3% 71st Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 0.8% 2023 up 28.7% 69th How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 0.8% 2023 up 28.7% 69th Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 0.8% 2023 up 28.7% 69th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 10.36 million people 2023 up 9.9% 42nd Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 0.8% 2023 up 28.7% 69th Share in poverty relative to different poverty lines 0.8% 2023 up 28.7% 69th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 7.96 million people 2023 up 16.4% 21st Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day 13.1% 2023 down 15.5% 105th Share of population living in extreme poverty 0.8% 2023 up 28.7% 69th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day 1.5% 2023 up 8.4% 99th Number of people living in extreme poverty 10.45 million people 2023 up 9.5% 62nd Distribution of population between different poverty lines 88,292 people 2023 up 41.3% 71st Number of people living in extreme poverty 88,292 people 2023 up 41.3% 71st Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption 1.5% 2023 up 8.4% 99th The share and number of people living in extreme poverty 0.8% 2023 up 28.7% 69th Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median 7.0% 2023 up 14.8% 46th Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median 11.0% 2023 up 8.5% 65th Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median 16.1% 2023 up 2.9% 87th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day 24.5% 2023 down 15.0% 107th Extreme monetary poverty and multidimensional poverty over time 0.8% 2023 up 28.7% 69th Share of population living on less than $4.20 per day vs. share in multidimensional poverty 0.9% 2023 up 7.7% 79th Share of global population living in extreme poverty including and excluding China 0.8% 2023 up 28.7% 69th Share of the population in poverty vs. Electoral Democracy Index 1.7% 2023 down 7.3% 99th Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data 88,292 people 2023 up 41.3% 71st Distribution of population between different poverty lines 7.96 million people 2023 up 16.4% 21st Gini coefficient 0.2928 2023 up 1.6% 99th Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate 0.8% 2023 up 28.7% 67th Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines 16.1% 2022 up 0.6% 41st Share of population living below national poverty lines 16.1% 2022 up 0.6% 41st Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (World Bank) 1.6% 2023 up 14.3% 30th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.2756 2023 down 2.2% 39th Gini coefficient (after tax) 0.2756 2023 down 2.2% 39th Distribution of population between different poverty lines (2011 prices) 10.21 million people 2021 up 10.2% 37th Share of population living in extreme poverty (2011 prices) 0.6% 2021 up 17.4% 65th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) 15.6% 2021 down 21.9% 110th Share of population living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 0.6% 2021 up 17.4% 65th Number of people living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 65,100 people 2021 up 29.4% 67th Share of population living on less than the lower-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 0.7% 2021 down 5.2% 80th Share of population living on less than the upper-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 1.3% 2021 up 17.1% 92nd Share of population living in extreme poverty (2017 prices) 0.6% 2021 up 2.2% 65th Reduction in income inequality before and after tax 33.1% 2023 down 10.6% 21st Reduction in income inequality before and after tax among total vs. working age population 22.8% 2023 down 16.6% 22nd Proportion of population living below the national poverty line 16.1% 2022 up 0.6% 41st At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) 32.9% 2025 down 10.4% 18th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 16.3% 2025 down 11.9% 15th Relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - EU-SILC and 30.9% 2025 up 5.5% 3rd Gender differences in the at-risk-of-poverty rate by age 1.6 Number 2025 down 7.0% 13th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract 5.3% 2025 unchanged 23rd In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by months worked 16.7% 2025 down 23.0% 22nd In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by full-/part-time work 13.3% 2025 up 19.8% 27th Tenure status by level of disability (activity limitation) and 63.8% 2025 down 2.9% 41st Share of population living in extreme poverty 1.0% 2018 unchanged 14th Persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex and age - EU-SILC and ECHP 2.9% 2025 up 190.0% 26th Persons at risk of poverty by level of disability (activity) 24.1% 2025 down 12.7% 10th Persons at risk of poverty before social transfers (pensions included) 37.9% 2025 down 13.1% 13th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by level of disability (activity) 15.9% 2025 down 18.9% 5th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex 26.8% 2025 up 6.3% 4th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.0309 2024 down 37.1% 6th At-risk-of-poverty rate anchored at a fixed moment in time (2008) by 9.2% 2025 down 24.6% 15th ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →