Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty in Sweden
Sweden: Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty was 2.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty in Sweden, 2015–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
The most recent figure for persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty in Sweden is 2.5%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.7% on the previous year and up 177.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty in Sweden peaked at 2.5% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2016.
That places Sweden 23rd out of 43 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty in Sweden, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 0.9% | — |
| 2016 | 0.8% | -11.1% |
| 2017 | 1.2% | +50.0% |
| 2018 | 1.9% | +58.3% |
| 2019 | 1.9% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1.9% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1.6% | -15.8% |
| 2022 | 1.7% | +6.2% |
| 2023 | 2.1% | +23.5% |
| 2024 | 2.3% | +9.5% |
| 2025 | 2.5% | +8.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.3% | 0.8% | 1.9% | 5 |
| 2020s | 2.0% | 1.6% | 2.5% | 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 persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty in Sweden?
- Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty in Sweden was 2.5% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 2.5% in 2025.
- What is the lowest persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2016.
- How does Sweden rank for persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty?
- Sweden ranks 23rd out of 43 countries with data for 2025.
- Is persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 177.8%. 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 Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty threshold. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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