Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age in Sweden
Sweden: Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age was 1.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age in Sweden, 2015–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 1.8% for persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age in 2025. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.5% on the previous year and up 125.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age in Sweden peaked at 1.8% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2021.
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 two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age in Sweden, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 0.8% | — |
| 2016 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1.0% | +25.0% |
| 2018 | 0.9% | -10.0% |
| 2019 | 0.8% | -11.1% |
| 2020 | 1.0% | +25.0% |
| 2021 | 0.7% | -30.0% |
| 2022 | 1.3% | +85.7% |
| 2023 | 1.3% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1.6% | +23.1% |
| 2025 | 1.8% | +12.5% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 1.8% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1.8%, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 1.8% is above the median for high income countries, which is 1.8%, 1.0× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 5 |
| 2020s | 1.3% | 0.7% | 1.8% | 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 two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age in Sweden?
- Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age in Sweden was 1.8% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 1.8% in 2025.
- What is the lowest persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2021.
- How does Sweden rank for persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age?
- Sweden ranks 23rd out of 43 countries with data for 2025.
- Is persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 125.0%. 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 two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age, sex and risk of poverty threshold. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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