Australia vs Sweden: Threshold income per month marking the poorest decile, the median, and the richest decile (after tax)

Australia
1,481 international-$ in 2021 prices
in 2020
Sweden
1,362 international-$ in 2021 prices
in 2023
Australia rank
12th
Sweden rank
15th

Threshold income per month marking the poorest decile, the median, and the richest decile (after tax) over time

  • Australia
  • Sweden
05001.0k1.5k197519992023

How they compare

Australia currently reports 1,481 international-$ in 2021 prices against 1,362 international-$ in 2021 prices in Sweden, a difference of 118.95 international-$ in 2021 prices.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 13 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 12th and Sweden ranks 15th of 47 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Threshold income per month marking the poorest decile, the median, and the richest decile (after tax)
Unit
international-$ in 2021 prices
Source
Luxembourg Income Study (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
47 places, 1,030 data points, 1963–2024
Last refreshed

The level of income per month below which 10% of the population falls.