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 38th out of 45 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.
Subjective poverty by tenure status in Sweden, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8.3% | — |
| 2011 | 9.5% | +14.5% |
| 2012 | 8.3% | -12.6% |
| 2013 | 7.6% | -8.4% |
| 2014 | 7.9% | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 7.1% | -10.1% |
| 2016 | 7.6% | +7.0% |
| 2017 | 7.0% | -7.9% |
| 2018 | 8.0% | +14.3% |
| 2019 | 7.7% | -3.7% |
| 2020 | 7.4% | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 7.4% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 7.2% | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 9.2% | +27.8% |
| 2024 | 9.8% | +6.5% |
| 2025 | 10.1% | +3.1% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 10.1% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 15.8%, 64% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 10.1% is below the median for high income countries, which is 15.0%, 67% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
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)
- 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 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 38th out of 45 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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