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Sweden: Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion

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

Country: Sweden Indicator: Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion Year: 2025

Country overview

Sweden

Current reading for Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion in a European context.

Eurostat indicator: Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion

Latest value

18.60 Percent of people

European ranking

19 / 30

Compared with Europe

-1.4 puntos

Sweden is 1.4 points below the European average.

EU: 20.04

Affected population

≈ 1.97 million people affected

Year: 2025

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Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 18.60 Percent of people Europe benchmark: 20.40 Percent of people

Internal regions

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Indicator: Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion

Granularity: Regions

  1. 1

    Sydsverige

    +15.10

    21.40

  2. 2

    Östra Mellansverige

    +11.30

    20.70

  3. 3

    Mellersta Norrland

    +6.50

    19.80

  4. 4

    Norra Mellansverige

    +3.80

    19.30

  5. 5

    Stockholm

    -4.80

    17.70

  6. 6

    Västsverige

    -9.10

    16.90

  7. 7

    Småland med öarna

    -9.10

    16.90

  8. 8

    Övre Norrland

    -16.70

    15.50

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Sweden performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to clearer recent change. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Sweden

In Sweden, Poverty or exclusion is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 18.6% versus 20.4% in 2025, with a gap of 1.8 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Sweden, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 17.70% in 2020 to 18.60% in 2025. Although the primary period is broadly stable, the latest step, from 17.50% in 2024 to 18.60% in 2025, shows material deterioration and provides a clearer recent signal.

Regional differences in Sweden

In Sweden, regional values for Poverty or exclusion are relatively close. Across 8 comparable regions, Sydsverige records the highest value (21.4%) and Övre Norrland the lowest (15.5%), a gap of 5.9 percentage points.

Reading within the topic

In Sweden, the evidence for Poverty & Financial Vulnerability 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.