Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction in Sweden
Sweden: Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction was 0.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction in Sweden, 2000–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction in Sweden is 0.0%, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 50.0% on the previous year and down 40.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction in Sweden peaked at 0.1% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2002.
Sweden ranks 6th of 42 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More poverty & inequality data for Sweden
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.43 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,456 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 41.4% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.007 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 28.0% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0725 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0725 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0823 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1694 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction in Sweden?
- Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction in Sweden was 0.0% in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1% in 2008.
- What is the lowest share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2002.
- How does Sweden rank for share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction?
- Sweden ranks 6th out of 42 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by donor countries (percentage of GNI)