Poverty: Share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Sweden
Sweden: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $4.20 a day was 0.9% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Sweden, 1975–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Sweden is 0.9%, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 35.7% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Sweden peaked at 1.4% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2002.
That places Sweden 79th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Sweden, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 0.6% | — |
| 1981 | 0.5% | -16.7% |
| 1987 | 0.3% | -40.0% |
| 1992 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.6% | +100.0% |
| 2000 | 0.2% | -66.7% |
| 2001 | 0.3% | +50.0% |
| 2002 | 0.1% | -66.7% |
| 2003 | 0.6% | +463.5% |
| 2004 | 0.6% | +7.4% |
| 2005 | 1.3% | +120.6% |
| 2006 | 0.6% | -56.9% |
| 2007 | 0.6% | +10.5% |
| 2008 | 0.8% | +28.0% |
| 2009 | 0.8% | -4.9% |
| 2010 | 0.9% | +13.7% |
| 2011 | 0.9% | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | -27.4% |
| 2013 | 0.8% | +36.2% |
| 2014 | 0.7% | -16.2% |
| 2015 | 0.8% | +17.3% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | -40.7% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | -33.8% |
| 2018 | 0.9% | +185.2% |
| 2019 | 0.4% | -53.3% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | +20.5% |
| 2021 | 0.9% | +75.6% |
| 2022 | 1.4% | +54.0% |
| 2023 | 0.9% | -35.7% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 0.9% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.6%, 1.6× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 0.9% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.6%, 1.6× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poverty: Share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Sweden changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +463.5% | 0.1% | 0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.1% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.3% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.5% | 1.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More reference data data for Sweden
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.4328 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.2237 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.68 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.2063 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.68 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.45 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.9766 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.13 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 8.03 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.12 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Sweden?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Sweden was 0.9% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 1.4% in 2022.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2002.
- How does Sweden rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day?
- Sweden ranks 79th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $4.20 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $4.20 per day.