In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract in Sweden
Sweden: In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract was 5.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract in Sweden, 2004–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
In 2025, in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract in Sweden stood at 5.3%. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract in Sweden peaked at 5.3% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 2.9%, in 2004.
Sweden ranks 24th of 47 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract in Sweden, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 2.9% | — |
| 2005 | 3.4% | +17.2% |
| 2006 | 4.4% | +29.4% |
| 2007 | 4.1% | -6.8% |
| 2008 | 4.7% | +14.6% |
| 2009 | 4.0% | -14.9% |
| 2010 | 5.1% | +27.5% |
| 2011 | 3.6% | -29.4% |
| 2012 | 4.6% | +27.8% |
| 2013 | 4.5% | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 4.3% | -4.4% |
| 2015 | 5.3% | +23.3% |
| 2016 | 3.9% | -26.4% |
| 2017 | 3.4% | -12.8% |
| 2018 | 3.4% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 4.1% | +20.6% |
| 2020 | 4.2% | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 3.4% | -19.0% |
| 2022 | 4.2% | +23.5% |
| 2023 | 4.4% | +4.8% |
| 2024 | 5.2% | +18.2% |
| 2025 | 5.3% | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.9% | 2.9% | 4.7% | 6 |
| 2010s | 4.2% | 3.4% | 5.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.5% | 3.4% | 5.3% | 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 type of contract in Sweden?
- In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract in Sweden was 5.3% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 5.3% in 2015.
- What is the lowest in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.9% in 2004.
- How does Sweden rank for in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract?
- Sweden ranks 24th out of 47 countries with data for 2025.
- Is in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. 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 In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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