Population living in slums in Sweden
Sweden: Population living in slums was 0.3% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Population living in slums in Sweden, 2000–2022
Source: Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). Measured in % of urban population.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 0.3% for population living in slums in 2022. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of up 236.2% on the previous year and up 124.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population living in slums in Sweden peaked at 0.3% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2016.
Sweden ranks 138th of 174 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Population living in slums in Sweden, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.3% | — |
| 2002 | 0.2% | -16.7% |
| 2004 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.2% | -20.0% |
| 2010 | 0.1% | -25.0% |
| 2012 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.1% | -33.3% |
| 2018 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.3% | +236.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
- 135 Lithuania 0.5% compare
- 136 Saint Lucia 0.4% compare
- 137 Estonia 0.3% compare
- 139 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.3% compare
- 140 Tonga 0.3% compare
- 141 North Macedonia 0.3% compare
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 population living in slums in Sweden?
- Population living in slums in Sweden was 0.3% in 2022, according to Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
- What is the highest population living in slums recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3% in 2022.
- What is the lowest population living in slums recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2016.
- How does Sweden rank for population living in slums?
- Sweden ranks 138th out of 174 countries with data for 2022.
- Is population living in slums rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 124.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sweden data come from?
- The figures come from Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), published as part of Population living in slums (% of urban population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Population living in slums is the proportion of the urban population living in slum households. A slum household is defined as a group of individuals living under the same roof lacking one or more of the following conditions: access to improved water, access to improved sanitation, sufficient living area, housing durability, and security of tenure, as adopted in the Millennium Development Goal Target 7.D. The successor, the Sustainable Development Goal 11.1.1, considers inadequate housing (housing affordability) to complement the above definition of slums/informal settlements.