Tax revenues vs income inequality in Sweden
Sweden: Tax revenues vs income inequality was 41.37 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
41.37
Change on year
down 2.7%
World rank
8th
of 186 countries
All-time high
50.02
in 2000
All-time low
41.37
in 2023
Years of data
44
1980–2023
Tax revenues vs income inequality in Sweden, 1980–2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, tax revenues vs income inequality in Sweden stood at 41.37. That is the lowest value across all 44 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenues vs income inequality in Sweden peaked at 50.02 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 41.37, in 2023.
Sweden ranks 8th of 186 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 44 years of available data.
Tax revenues vs income inequality in Sweden, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 43.91 | — |
| 1981 | 45.17 | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 44.18 | -2.2% |
| 1983 | 44.81 | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 44.33 | -1.1% |
| 1985 | 44.75 | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 46.9 | +4.8% |
| 1987 | 49.4 | +5.3% |
| 1988 | 48.68 | -1.4% |
| 1989 | 49.22 | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 49.43 | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 47.48 | -3.9% |
| 1992 | 44.84 | -5.6% |
| 1993 | 43.79 | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 44.08 | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 45.11 | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 46.75 | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 47.64 | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 47.69 | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 48.19 | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 50.02 | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 47.1 | -5.8% |
| 2002 | 45.04 | -4.4% |
| 2003 | 45.56 | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 46.01 | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 47.37 | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 45.97 | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 45.02 | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 44.23 | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 43.92 | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 43.14 | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 42.22 | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 42.34 | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 42.7 | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 42.49 | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 42.92 | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 44.22 | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 44.49 | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 44.11 | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 42.97 | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 42.58 | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 42.76 | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 42.51 | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 41.37 | -2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 46.14 | 43.91 | 49.4 | 10 |
| 1990s | 46.5 | 43.79 | 49.43 | 10 |
| 2000s | 46.02 | 43.92 | 50.02 | 10 |
| 2010s | 43.16 | 42.22 | 44.49 | 10 |
| 2020s | 42.31 | 41.37 | 42.76 | 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, 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)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 27.95 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenues vs income inequality in Sweden?
- Tax revenues vs income inequality in Sweden was 41.37 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest tax revenues vs income inequality recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 50.02 in 2000.
- What is the lowest tax revenues vs income inequality recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.37 in 2023.
- How does Sweden rank for tax revenues vs income inequality?
- Sweden ranks 8th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tax revenues vs income inequality rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sweden data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Tax revenues vs income inequality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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