Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Sweden
Sweden: Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption was 1.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Sweden, 1975–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Sweden stood at 1.5%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.5% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Sweden peaked at 1.9% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2002.
That places Sweden 99th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Sweden, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 1.3% | — |
| 1981 | 1.4% | +7.7% |
| 1987 | 0.9% | -35.7% |
| 1992 | 1.1% | +22.2% |
| 1995 | 1.6% | +45.5% |
| 2000 | 0.6% | -62.5% |
| 2001 | 0.6% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.5% | -16.7% |
| 2003 | 1.1% | +120.3% |
| 2004 | 1.1% | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 1.9% | +64.5% |
| 2006 | 1.1% | -42.9% |
| 2007 | 1.0% | -11.3% |
| 2008 | 1.2% | +21.8% |
| 2009 | 1.2% | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 1.4% | +20.7% |
| 2011 | 1.5% | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 1.2% | -16.2% |
| 2013 | 1.4% | +10.3% |
| 2014 | 1.2% | -8.9% |
| 2015 | 1.2% | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 1.0% | -20.5% |
| 2017 | 0.8% | -13.5% |
| 2018 | 1.5% | +81.1% |
| 2019 | 1.0% | -36.2% |
| 2020 | 1.0% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 1.5% | +53.3% |
| 2022 | 1.7% | +16.5% |
| 2023 | 1.5% | -14.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1 |
| 1980s | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.4% | 2 |
| 1990s | 1.4% | 1.1% | 1.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.0% | 0.5% | 1.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.2% | 0.8% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.4% | 1.0% | 1.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More poverty & inequality data for Sweden
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Sweden?
- Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Sweden was 1.5% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 1.9% in 2005.
- What is the lowest share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2002.
- How does Sweden rank for share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption?
- Sweden ranks 99th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $8.30 per day.