Subjective poverty by tenure status in Sweden
Sweden: Subjective poverty by tenure status was 10.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Subjective poverty by tenure status in Sweden, 2010–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
In 2025, subjective poverty by tenure status in Sweden stood at 10.1%. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is up 3.1% on the previous year and up 42.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, subjective poverty by tenure status in Sweden peaked at 10.1% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 7.0%, in 2017.
That places Sweden 30th out of 36 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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% | 7.0% | 9.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.5% | 7.2% | 10.1% | 6 |
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)
- 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)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 41.4% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.007 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 28.0% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0725 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0725 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0823 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1694 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is subjective poverty by tenure status in Sweden?
- Subjective poverty by tenure status in Sweden was 10.1% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest subjective poverty by tenure status recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 10.1% in 2025.
- What is the lowest subjective poverty by tenure status recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.0% in 2017.
- How does Sweden rank for subjective poverty by tenure status?
- Sweden ranks 30th out of 36 countries with data for 2025.
- Is subjective poverty by tenure status rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.3%. 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 tenure status. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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