ES EN

Sweden: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20

An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.

Country: Sweden Indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 Year: 2025

Country overview

Sweden

Current reading for Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 in a European context.

Eurostat indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20

Latest value

4.60 Ratio

European ranking

17 / 30

Worsened by 3 positions since the previous year

Compared with Europe

+0.1 puntos

Sweden is 0.1 points above the European average.

EU: 4.53

Affected population

10.6M

Year: 2025

Explore this indicator

Map preview

Open map
Loading map preview...

Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 4.58 Ratio Europe benchmark: 4.73 Ratio

Internal regions

Embedded regional ranking preview with real regional values and shared semantic bars.

Indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20

Granularity: Regions

  1. 1

    Stockholm

    +17.40

    5.40

  2. 2

    Östra Mellansverige

    —

    4.60

  3. 3

    Sydsverige

    -2.20

    4.50

  4. 4

    Västsverige

    -4.30

    4.40

  5. 5

    Norra Mellansverige

    -10.90

    4.10

  6. 6

    Småland med öarna

    -15.20

    3.90

  7. 7

    Övre Norrland

    -21.70

    3.60

  8. 8

    Mellersta Norrland

    -23.90

    3.50

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Sweden performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Income quintile share ratio S80/S20, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed deterioration. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Sweden

In Sweden, S80/S20 ratio is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 4.58 versus 4.73 in 2025, with a gap of 0.15 in the ratio.

Recent trend

In Sweden, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 4.12 in 2020 to 4.58 in 2025. The latest step, from 4.34 in 2024 to 4.58 in 2025, confirms the deterioration. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.

Regional differences in Sweden

In Sweden, regional values for S80/S20 ratio are relatively close. Across 8 comparable regions, Stockholm records the highest value (5.4) and Mellersta Norrland the lowest (3.5), a gap of 1.9 in the ratio.

Reading within the topic

In Sweden, the evidence for Income & Purchasing Power leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards deterioration and warrant monitoring.