SE · 2017 · tespm090
At risk of poverty or social exclusion rate for elderly (65+)
Sweden, 2017
In 2017, Sweden's at risk of poverty or social exclusion rate for elderly (65+) decreased by 5.3% compared to 2016, reaching 16.1.
Sweden accounts for 88.5% of the EU-27 total of 18.2.
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 0.6% (from 16.2 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm090, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.