SE · 2020 · ilc_peps01n
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex
Sweden, 2020
In 2020, Sweden's persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex decreased by 3.8% compared to 2019, reaching 17.7%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 21.5%.
Sweden ranks 19th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 2.7% (from 18.2% in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_peps01n, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.