Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Sweden
Sweden: Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line was 1.48 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Sweden, 1975–2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 1.48 for share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in 2023.
The figure is down 14.5% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Sweden peaked at 1.89 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 with less than upper middle income poverty line in Sweden, year by year
| Year | Value | 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 | 1.15 | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 1.89 | +64.5% |
| 2006 | 1.08 | -42.9% |
| 2007 | 0.958 | -11.3% |
| 2008 | 1.17 | +21.8% |
| 2009 | 1.19 | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 1.43 | +20.7% |
| 2011 | 1.48 | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 1.24 | -16.2% |
| 2013 | 1.36 | +10.3% |
| 2014 | 1.24 | -8.9% |
| 2015 | 1.21 | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 0.9653 | -20.5% |
| 2017 | 0.8345 | -13.5% |
| 2018 | 1.51 | +81.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9649 | -36.2% |
| 2020 | 0.9687 | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 1.48 | +53.3% |
| 2022 | 1.73 | +16.5% |
| 2023 | 1.48 | -14.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1 |
| 1980s | 1.15 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 2 |
| 1990s | 1.35 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.02 | 0.5 | 1.89 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.22 | 0.8345 | 1.51 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.42 | 0.9687 | 1.73 | 4 |
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)
- 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 revenues vs income inequality 41.37 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -2.69 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.007 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Sweden?
- Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Sweden was 1.48 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share living with less than upper middle income poverty line recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 1.89 in 2005.
- What is the lowest share living with less than upper middle income poverty line recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5 in 2002.
- How does Sweden rank for share living with less than upper middle income poverty line?
- Sweden ranks 99th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share living with less than upper middle income poverty line 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 Our World in Data, published as part of Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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