Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Sweden
Sweden: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 15.6% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Sweden, 1975–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 15.6% for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) 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 of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Sweden peaked at 65.7% in 1975 and was at its lowest, 14.6%, 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.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Sweden, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 65.7% | — |
| 1981 | 59.5% | -9.5% |
| 1987 | 55.5% | -6.7% |
| 1992 | 40.5% | -27.0% |
| 1995 | 44.5% | +9.9% |
| 2000 | 34.2% | -23.0% |
| 2001 | 30.7% | -10.2% |
| 2002 | 28.5% | -7.3% |
| 2003 | 33.5% | +17.5% |
| 2004 | 33.1% | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 31.5% | -5.0% |
| 2006 | 27.5% | -12.7% |
| 2007 | 23.3% | -15.1% |
| 2008 | 22.2% | -4.8% |
| 2009 | 21.7% | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 21.0% | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 20.0% | -4.6% |
| 2012 | 18.7% | -6.5% |
| 2013 | 19.0% | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 17.4% | -8.6% |
| 2015 | 16.5% | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 17.0% | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 16.0% | -6.3% |
| 2018 | 16.6% | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 15.5% | -7.0% |
| 2020 | 14.6% | -5.9% |
| 2021 | 15.6% | +7.5% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 15.6% is below the median for high income countries, which is 27.5%, 57% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 15.6% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 56.8%, 28% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 65.7% | 65.7% | 65.7% | 1 |
| 1980s | 57.5% | 55.5% | 59.5% | 2 |
| 1990s | 42.5% | 40.5% | 44.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 28.6% | 21.7% | 34.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.8% | 15.5% | 21.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.1% | 14.6% | 15.6% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More poverty & inequality data for Sweden
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $30 a day (2011 prices) in Sweden?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Sweden was 15.6% in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 65.7% in 1975.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.6% in 2020.
- How does Sweden rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Sweden ranks 110th out of 119 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) 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 World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.