Share of population living on less than $4.20 per day vs. share in Sweden
Sweden: Share of population living on less than $4.20 per day vs. share was 0.9% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of population living on less than $4.20 per day vs. share in multidimensional poverty 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 of population living on less than $4.20 per day vs. share in multidimensional poverty in Sweden stood at 0.9%.
That represents a change of down 35.7% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of population living on less than $4.20 per day vs. share in multidimensional poverty in Sweden peaked at 1.4% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2002.
That places Sweden 79th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Share of population living on less than $4.20 per day vs. share in Sweden, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 0.6% | — |
| 1981 | 0.5% | -16.7% |
| 1987 | 0.3% | -40.0% |
| 1992 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.6% | +100.0% |
| 2000 | 0.2% | -66.7% |
| 2001 | 0.3% | +50.0% |
| 2002 | 0.1% | -66.7% |
| 2003 | 0.6% | +463.5% |
| 2004 | 0.6% | +7.4% |
| 2005 | 1.3% | +120.6% |
| 2006 | 0.6% | -56.9% |
| 2007 | 0.6% | +10.5% |
| 2008 | 0.8% | +28.0% |
| 2009 | 0.8% | -4.9% |
| 2010 | 0.9% | +13.7% |
| 2011 | 0.9% | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | -27.4% |
| 2013 | 0.8% | +36.2% |
| 2014 | 0.7% | -16.2% |
| 2015 | 0.8% | +17.3% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | -40.7% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | -33.8% |
| 2018 | 0.9% | +185.2% |
| 2019 | 0.4% | -53.3% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | +20.5% |
| 2021 | 0.9% | +75.6% |
| 2022 | 1.4% | +54.0% |
| 2023 | 0.9% | -35.7% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 0.9% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.6%, 1.6× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 0.9% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.6%, 1.6× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of population living on less than $4.20 per day vs. share in Sweden changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +463.5% | 0.1% | 0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.1% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.3% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.5% | 1.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More poverty & inequality data for Sweden
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 of population living on less than $4.20 per day vs. share in multidimensional poverty in Sweden?
- Share of population living on less than $4.20 per day vs. share in multidimensional poverty in Sweden was 0.9% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of population living on less than $4.20 per day vs. share in multidimensional poverty recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 1.4% in 2022.
- What is the lowest share of population living on less than $4.20 per day vs. share in multidimensional poverty recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2002.
- How does Sweden rank for share of population living on less than $4.20 per day vs. share in multidimensional poverty?
- Sweden ranks 79th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of population living on less than $4.20 per day vs. share in multidimensional poverty rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. 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 of population living on less than $4.20 per day vs. share in multidimensional poverty. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $4.20 per day.