Sweden Poverty Rate 1975-2023
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.
- 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.
- Sweden poverty rate for 2017 was 0.80%, a 0.1% decline from 2016.
| Sweden Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2020 |
0.90% |
0.00% |
| 2019 |
0.90% |
-0.50% |
| 2018 |
1.40% |
0.60% |
| 2017 |
0.80% |
-0.10% |
| 2016 |
0.90% |
-0.20% |
| 2015 |
1.10% |
0.00% |
| 2014 |
1.10% |
-0.20% |
| 2013 |
1.30% |
0.10% |
| 2012 |
1.20% |
-0.20% |
| 2011 |
1.40% |
0.10% |
| 2010 |
1.30% |
0.20% |
| 2009 |
1.10% |
0.10% |
| 2008 |
1.00% |
0.10% |
| 2007 |
0.90% |
-0.10% |
| 2006 |
1.00% |
-0.80% |
| 2005 |
1.80% |
0.80% |
| 2004 |
1.00% |
0.00% |
| 2003 |
1.00% |
0.50% |
| 2000 |
0.50% |
-1.00% |
| 1995 |
1.50% |
0.50% |
| 1992 |
1.00% |
0.30% |
| 1987 |
0.70% |
-0.50% |
| 1981 |
1.20% |
0.20% |
| 1975 |
1.00% |
0.20% |
