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Sweden: Poverty & Social Exclusion Risk

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

Sweden

Latest value

· 2025

18.60% of people

EU 20.40 · -1.8 pp vs Europe

European ranking

18 / 30

Up 2 positions compared with previous year

Population

10.6M

Country population · 2025

What this indicator measures

Measures the share of people experiencing at least one of three conditions: risk of poverty after social transfers, severe material and social deprivation, or living in a household with very low work intensity. People meeting more than one condition are counted only once.

Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.

Data source: Eurostat Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion ILC_PEPS11N

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Regional map

· 2025 · 8 regions

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Internal regions

Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.

  1. 1

    Sydsverige

    +15.05

    21.40

  2. 2

    Östra Mellansverige

    +11.29

    20.70

  3. 3

    Mellersta Norrland

    +6.45

    19.80

  4. 4

    Norra Mellansverige

    +3.76

    19.30

  5. 5

    Stockholm

    -4.84

    17.70

  6. 6

    Småland med öarna

    -9.14

    16.90

  7. 6

    Västsverige

    -9.14

    16.90

  8. 8

    Övre Norrland

    -16.67

    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.