In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by level of disability (activity) in Sweden
Sweden: In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by level of disability (activity) was 15.9% in 2025. ▼ Falling
In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by level of disability (activity) in Sweden, 2010–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
In 2025, in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by level of disability (activity) in Sweden stood at 15.9%.
The figure is up 8.2% on the previous year and down 18.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by level of disability (activity) in Sweden peaked at 21.4% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 9.1%, in 2021.
Sweden ranks 5th of 47 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by level of disability (activity) in Sweden, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 21.4% | — |
| 2011 | 17.9% | -16.4% |
| 2012 | 16.6% | -7.3% |
| 2013 | 20.1% | +21.1% |
| 2014 | 20.0% | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 19.6% | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 17.8% | -9.2% |
| 2017 | 13.8% | -22.5% |
| 2018 | 14.1% | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 13.7% | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 14.6% | +6.6% |
| 2021 | 9.1% | -37.7% |
| 2022 | 15.1% | +65.9% |
| 2023 | 14.0% | -7.3% |
| 2024 | 14.7% | +5.0% |
| 2025 | 15.9% | +8.2% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 15.9% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 9.9%, 1.6× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 15.9% is above the median for high income countries, which is 10.9%, 1.5× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by level of disability (activity) in Sweden changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +65.9% | 9.1% | 15.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 17.5% | 13.7% | 21.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.9% | 9.1% | 15.9% | 6 |
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)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (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)
- 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 revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 41.4% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by level of disability (activity) in Sweden?
- In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by level of disability (activity) in Sweden was 15.9% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by level of disability (activity) recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 21.4% in 2010.
- What is the lowest in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by level of disability (activity) recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.1% in 2021.
- How does Sweden rank for in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by level of disability (activity)?
- Sweden ranks 5th out of 47 countries with data for 2025.
- Is in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by level of disability (activity) rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sweden data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by level of disability (activity limitation), sex and age. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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