Extreme poverty rate — all countries

Extreme poverty rate — Sweden

Extreme poverty rate in Sweden in 2023 — 0.8%. Ranked 27 in the world out of 57. Since 1975, the indicator has risen by 0.3 pp.

2023 0.8% −0.5 pp vs 2022
World rank 27of 57
Period maximum 1.3%2022
Period minimum 0.1%2000

Trend over time

1975–2023 · % of population

Extreme poverty rate — Sweden, 1975–202300.511.5197519801985199019952000200520102015202020231975: 0.5%1981: 0.4%1987: 0.2%1992: 0.2%1995: 0.5%2000: 0.1%2001: 0.2%2002: 0.1%2003: 0.4%2004: 0.5%2005: 1.1%2006: 0.4%2007: 0.5%2008: 0.7%2009: 0.5%2010: 0.6%2011: 0.7%2012: 0.5%2013: 0.7%2014: 0.5%2015: 0.6%2016: 0.4%2017: 0.3%2018: 0.9%2019: 0.4%2020: 0.5%2021: 0.6%2022: 1.3%2023: 0.8%
Change over the period: +0.3 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sweden

Sweden 0.8%
World 10.6%
Extreme poverty rate — Sweden, by year Sweden All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 0.8 −0.5 pp
2022 1.3 +0.7 pp
2021 0.6 +0.1 pp
2020 0.5 +0.1 pp
2019 0.4 −0.5 pp
2018 0.9 +0.6 pp
2017 0.3 −0.1 pp
2016 0.4 −0.2 pp
2015 0.6 +0.1 pp
2014 0.5 −0.2 pp
2013 0.7 +0.2 pp
2012 0.5 −0.2 pp
2011 0.7 +0.1 pp
2010 0.6 +0.1 pp
2009 0.5 −0.2 pp
2008 0.7 +0.2 pp
2007 0.5 +0.1 pp
2006 0.4 −0.7 pp
2005 1.1 +0.6 pp
2004 0.5 +0.1 pp
2003 0.4 +0.3 pp
2002 0.1 −0.1 pp
2001 0.2 +0.1 pp
2000 0.1
1995 0.5
1992 0.2
1987 0.2
1981 0.4
1975 0.5

Northern Europe, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption or income falls below the international extreme poverty line — $2.15 a day in 2017 prices at purchasing power parity. This is the very indicator by which the first UN Sustainable Development Goal is tracked. The line is revised as the PPP conversion factors are updated, so historical values are recalculated retrospectively.

Important: The estimates are built on household surveys held once every few years; between surveys the values are interpolated.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.