Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Sweden
Sweden: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 24.5% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 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
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Sweden is 24.5%, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and down 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Sweden peaked at 78.1% in 1975 and was at its lowest, 23.2%, in 2020.
Sweden ranks 107th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 29 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Sweden, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 78.1% | — |
| 1981 | 74.6% | -4.5% |
| 1987 | 69.6% | -6.7% |
| 1992 | 56.7% | -18.5% |
| 1995 | 60.2% | +6.2% |
| 2000 | 51.5% | -14.5% |
| 2001 | 48.5% | -5.8% |
| 2002 | 45.2% | -6.8% |
| 2003 | 50.1% | +10.9% |
| 2004 | 49.3% | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 46.9% | -4.8% |
| 2006 | 42.3% | -9.8% |
| 2007 | 37.4% | -11.6% |
| 2008 | 35.9% | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 33.5% | -6.7% |
| 2010 | 33.0% | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 31.6% | -4.5% |
| 2012 | 30.0% | -4.8% |
| 2013 | 28.8% | -4.1% |
| 2014 | 27.9% | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 25.7% | -7.7% |
| 2016 | 25.7% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 25.3% | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 25.6% | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 24.0% | -6.1% |
| 2020 | 23.2% | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 23.4% | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 24.2% | +3.6% |
| 2023 | 24.5% | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 78.1% | 78.1% | 78.1% | 1 |
| 1980s | 72.1% | 69.6% | 74.6% | 2 |
| 1990s | 58.5% | 56.7% | 60.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 44.1% | 33.5% | 51.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 27.8% | 24.0% | 33.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.8% | 23.2% | 24.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More poverty & inequality data for Sweden
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Sweden?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Sweden was 24.5% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 78.1% in 1975.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.2% in 2020.
- How does Sweden rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Sweden ranks 107th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.