SE · 2015 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
Sweden, 2015
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
17.3%
Sweden, 2015
▲ 5.5% vs 2014 (16.4%)
Analysis
In 2015, Sweden's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 5.5% compared to 2014, reaching 17.3%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 17.8%.
Sweden ranks 12th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 10.9% (from 15.6% in 2010).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2015
#12 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2015
97.2%
EU-27: 17.8%
Sweden timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · ilc_li02