Poverty gap index at $3 a day in Sweden
Sweden: Poverty gap index at $3 a day was 0.6% in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Poverty gap index at $3 a day in Sweden, 1975–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 0.6% for poverty gap index at $3 a day in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 38.5% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty gap index at $3 a day in Sweden peaked at 0.9% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2002.
That places Sweden 56th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.9% | 4 |
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)
- 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)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 41.4% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.007 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 28.0% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0725 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0725 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0823 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1694 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty gap index at $3 a day in Sweden?
- Poverty gap index at $3 a day in Sweden was 0.6% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty gap index at $3 a day recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 2022.
- What is the lowest poverty gap index at $3 a day recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2002.
- How does Sweden rank for poverty gap index at $3 a day?
- Sweden ranks 56th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty gap index at $3 a day rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sweden data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty gap index at $3 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The poverty gap index is a poverty measure that reflects both the prevalence and the depth of poverty. It is calculated as the share of population in poverty multiplied by the average shortfall from the poverty line (expressed as a % of the poverty line).