Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Sweden
Sweden: Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp was 15.65 in 2021. ▼ Falling
Latest (2021)
15.65
Change on year
up 7.5%
World rank
110th
of 119 countries
All-time high
65.74
in 1975
All-time low
14.56
in 2020
Years of data
27
1975–2021
Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Sweden, 1975–2021
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 15.65 for poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.5% on the previous year and down 21.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Sweden peaked at 65.74 in 1975 and was at its lowest, 14.56, in 2020.
Sweden ranks 110th of 119 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 65.74 | 65.74 | 65.74 | 1 |
| 1980s | 57.49 | 55.49 | 59.48 | 2 |
| 1990s | 42.5 | 40.5 | 44.5 | 2 |
| 2000s | 28.63 | 21.73 | 34.25 | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.77 | 15.47 | 21 | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.1 | 14.56 | 15.65 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More poverty & inequality data for Sweden
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 8 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.43 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 4,456 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 41.37 (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.007 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 27.95 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.0725 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.0725 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.0823 (2023)
- Income inequality atkinson index undp 0.1694 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Sweden?
- Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Sweden was 15.65 in 2021, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 65.74 in 1975.
- What is the lowest poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.56 in 2020.
- How does Sweden rank for poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp?
- Sweden ranks 110th out of 119 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sweden data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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