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Income Inequality (Rich-Poor Gap) regional ranking in Sweden

Regional ranking in Sweden for Income Inequality (Rich-Poor Gap).

Indicator: income_quintile_share_ratio_s80_s20 Year: 2025 Country: Sweden Granularity: nuts2

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Eurostat indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20

Regional ranking

Most affected regions in Sweden

Regional comparison within the selected country.

Highest burden: Stockholm (Sweden) | Lowest burden: Mellersta Norrland (Sweden)

Editorial summary

Key takeaways

  • Regions included: 8
  • Year: 2025
  • Country: Sweden
  • This page ranks 8 regions within Sweden for the selected indicator in 2025.
  • Highest region: Stockholm

Editorial detail

Editorial insights

deviation

Regional spread within Sweden

The gap between the highest and lowest regional value is 1.9 points.

summary

Regional ranking within Sweden

This page ranks 8 regions within Sweden for the selected indicator in 2025.

ranking

Regional extremes in Sweden

Stockholm records the highest value (5.4), while Mellersta Norrland records the lowest value (3.5).

Indicator: Income Inequality (Rich-Poor Gap)

Granularity: Regions

Context Showing regions in Sweden.
  1. 1
    –

    Stockholm

    +0.80

    5.40

    +0.40
  2. 2
    ▲ 2

    Östra Mellansverige

    —

    4.60

    +0.60
  3. 3
    ▼ 1

    Sydsverige

    -0.10

    4.50

    -0.10
  4. 4
    ▼ 1

    Västsverige

    -0.20

    4.40

    +0.20
  5. 5
    –

    Norra Mellansverige

    -0.50

    4.10

    +0.40
  6. 6
    –

    Småland med öarna

    -0.70

    3.90

    +0.30
  7. 7
    ▼ 1

    Övre Norrland

    -1.00

    3.60

    +0.00
  8. 8
    ▼ 2

    Mellersta Norrland

    -1.10

    3.50

    -0.10

Ranking highlights

2025 values. Changes compare 2025 vs 2024.

Income Inequality (Rich-Poor Gap)

Increase = worse Decrease = better

By level in 2025

Top 5 regions

2025 values

  1. #1 Stockholm 5.40
  2. #2 Östra Mellansverige 4.60
  3. #3 Sydsverige 4.50
  4. #4 Västsverige 4.40
  5. #5 Norra Mellansverige 4.10

Bottom 5 regions

2025 values

  1. #8 Mellersta Norrland 3.50
  2. #7 Övre Norrland 3.60
  3. #6 Småland med öarna 3.90
  4. #5 Norra Mellansverige 4.10
  5. #4 Västsverige 4.40

By change (2025 vs 2024)

Largest increase vs previous year

2025 vs 2024

  1. #1 Östra Mellansverige +0.60
  2. #2 Stockholm +0.40
  3. #3 Norra Mellansverige +0.40
  4. #4 Småland med öarna +0.30
  5. #5 Västsverige +0.20

Largest decrease vs previous year

2025 vs 2024

  1. #1 Sydsverige -0.10
  2. #2 Mellersta Norrland -0.10