At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region in Sweden
Sweden: At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region was 15.6 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
15.6
Change on year
up 5.4%
World rank
20th
of 35 countries
All-time high
17.1
in 2019
All-time low
9.5
in 2005
Years of data
22
2004–2025
At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region in Sweden, 2004–2025
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
In 2025, at-risk-of-poverty rate by nuts 2 region in Sweden stood at 15.6.
The figure is up 5.4% on the previous year and down 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, at-risk-of-poverty rate by nuts 2 region in Sweden peaked at 17.1 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 9.5, in 2005.
That places Sweden 20th out of 35 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region in Sweden, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 11.3 | — |
| 2005 | 9.5 | -15.9% |
| 2006 | 12.3 | +29.5% |
| 2007 | 10.5 | -14.6% |
| 2008 | 13.5 | +28.6% |
| 2009 | 14.4 | +6.7% |
| 2010 | 14.8 | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 15.4 | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 15.3 | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 16 | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 15.6 | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 16.3 | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 16.2 | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 15.8 | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 16.4 | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 17.1 | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 16.1 | -5.8% |
| 2021 | 15.7 | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 16 | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 16.1 | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 14.8 | -8.1% |
| 2025 | 15.6 | +5.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.92 | 9.5 | 14.4 | 6 |
| 2010s | 15.89 | 14.8 | 17.1 | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.72 | 14.8 | 16.1 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More poverty & inequality data for Sweden
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 8 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.43 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 4,456 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -27.03 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 41.37 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 41.37 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -2.69 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.007 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is at-risk-of-poverty rate by nuts 2 region in Sweden?
- At-risk-of-poverty rate by nuts 2 region in Sweden was 15.6 in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest at-risk-of-poverty rate by nuts 2 region recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 17.1 in 2019.
- What is the lowest at-risk-of-poverty rate by nuts 2 region recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.5 in 2005.
- How does Sweden rank for at-risk-of-poverty rate by nuts 2 region?
- Sweden ranks 20th out of 35 countries with data for 2025.
- Is at-risk-of-poverty rate by nuts 2 region rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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