Subjective poverty by sex and age in Sweden
Sweden: Subjective poverty by sex and age was 10.2 in 2025. β² Rising
Latest (2025)
10.2
Change on year
up 3.0%
World rank
29th
of 35 countries
All-time high
10.2
in 2025
All-time low
7
in 2017
Years of data
16
2010β2025
Subjective poverty by sex and age in Sweden, 2010β2025
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
The most recent figure for subjective poverty by sex and age in Sweden is 10.2, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 43.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, subjective poverty by sex and age in Sweden peaked at 10.2 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 7, in 2017.
Sweden ranks 29th of 35 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 7.9 | 7 | 9.5 | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.57 | 7.2 | 10.2 | 6 |
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 subjective poverty by sex and age in Sweden?
- Subjective poverty by sex and age in Sweden was 10.2 in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest subjective poverty by sex and age recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 10.2 in 2025.
- What is the lowest subjective poverty by sex and age recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 in 2017.
- How does Sweden rank for subjective poverty by sex and age?
- Sweden ranks 29th out of 35 countries with data for 2025.
- Is subjective poverty by sex and age rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Subjective poverty by sex and age. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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