Poverty & Inequality in Sweden 163 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Sweden. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Subjective poverty by sex and age 10.2% 2025 up 43.7% 38th Subjective poverty by tenure status 10.1% 2025 up 42.3% 38th Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction 0.0% 2024 down 40.0% 5th Interpersonal trust vs. income inequality 62.8% 2022 down 1.8% 5th Proportion of population living in multidimensional poverty 18.6% 2025 unchanged 27th Material and social deprivation rate by age and sex 6.9% 2025 up 122.6% 33rd Material and social deprivation rate by tenure status 6.8% 2025 up 119.4% 33rd Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by level of disability 26.6% 2025 down 12.5% 17th Severe material and social deprivation rate by level of disability 2.6% 2025 up 188.9% 25th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex 1,970 Thousand persons 2025 up 11.2% 15th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.289 2023 up 8.2% 27th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population 0.285 2023 up 9.2% 26th Material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation 10,586 Thousand persons 2025 up 8.6% 13th Mean number of deprivation items among the deprived 8.2 Average 2025 up 3.8% 21st [ILO] Proportion of population covered by at least one social 100.0% 2022 unchanged 1st Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age and a risk of 2.5% 2025 up 177.8% 23rd Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 7.1% 2025 down 1.4% 31st Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 7.1% 2025 down 1.4% 31st Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status 1,905 Thousand persons 2025 up 8.4% 14th Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty 2.5% 2025 up 177.8% 23rd Persons who cannot afford a personal car by sex, age and risk of 5.9% 2025 up 103.4% 20th Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age 1.8% 2025 up 125.0% 23rd Severe material and social deprivation by tenure status 3.8% 2025 up 245.5% 25th Severe material and social deprivation rate by age and sex 348 Thousand persons 2025 up 255.1% 19th Share in multidimensional poverty according to national definitions 17.5% 2024 down 3.8% 31st Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion - EU2030 target 1,971 Thousand persons 2025 up 11.2% 13th Material deprivation for the 'Durables' dimension, by number of item 94.8% 2020 up 0.2% 10th Material and social deprivation rate by age, sex and most frequent 6.9% 2025 up 1,625.0% 17th Severe material deprivation rate by age and sex 187 Thousand persons 2020 up 5.6% 31st Proportion of population below the international poverty line of 0.5% 2015 down 44.4% 44th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.3% 2023 up 7.7% 24th Severe material deprivation rate by tenure status 1.8% 2020 down 5.3% 43rd Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status - EU 17.9% 2020 up 1.1% 32nd At-risk-of-poverty rate anchored at a fixed moment in time (2019) by 13.3% 2025 down 22.2% 12th Severe material and social deprivation by age, sex and most frequent 1 Thousand persons 2025 — 8th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex - EU 318 Cumulative difference from 2008, in thousands 2020 up 167.2% 9th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio 17.9% 2020 up 1.1% 28th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, female 19.0% 2020 up 1.1% 23rd Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, male 16.8% 2020 up 1.2% 27th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, children 19.3% 2020 up 0.5% 24th Households impoverished by out-of-pocket payments (relative poverty) 0.9% 2015 up 197.7% 23rd Households further impoverished by out-of-pocket payments (relative) 0.1% 2015 up 336.6% 24th Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line 1.0% 2015 up 209.7% 24th ← Previous Page 3 of 3