Sweden Poverty Rate 1975-2024
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 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.
Sweden Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
2021 |
1.40% |
0.50% |
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% |
2002 |
0.50% |
0.00% |
2001 |
0.50% |
0.00% |
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% |