Sweden Poverty Rate 1975-2025

Sweden poverty rate for 2021 was 1.40%, a 0.5% increase from 2020.
  • Sweden poverty rate for 2020 was 0.90%, a 0% increase from 2019.
  • Sweden poverty rate for 2019 was 0.90%, a 0.5% decline from 2018.
  • Sweden poverty rate for 2018 was 1.40%, a 0.6% increase from 2017.
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Percent Under US 5.50 Per Day

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Annual Change

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