# Share of population in poverty ($3 a day): Sweden

0.8379480801522732% in 2023, the latest year published. Figures for 29 years from 1975 to 2023 are below.

Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.

Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. [Source and method](/sources/extreme-poverty) · [All countries and regions](/extreme-poverty).

## Every year

| Year | Value (%) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2023 | 0.8379480801522732 |
| 2022 | 1.2714953161776066 |
| 2021 | 0.6434689741581678 |
| 2020 | 0.4512476269155741 |
| 2019 | 0.3600929630920291 |
| 2018 | 0.8583864197134972 |
| 2017 | 0.2654955955222249 |
| 2016 | 0.4226093180477619 |
| 2015 | 0.649191252887249 |
| 2014 | 0.5263103637844324 |
| 2013 | 0.6508714519441128 |
| 2012 | 0.474748807027936 |
| 2011 | 0.6580606568604708 |
| 2010 | 0.6387345492839813 |
| 2009 | 0.527056260034442 |
| 2008 | 0.6590727716684341 |
| 2007 | 0.45739165507256985 |
| 2006 | 0.4128701984882355 |
| 2005 | 1.1382970958948135 |
| 2004 | 0.4543750546872616 |
| 2003 | 0.3536416217684746 |
| 2002 | 0.10000000474974513 |
| 2001 | 0.20000000949949026 |
| 2000 | 0.10000000474974513 |
| 1995 | 0.4999999888241291 |
| 1992 | 0.20000000949949026 |
| 1987 | 0.20000000949949026 |
| 1981 | 0.4000000189989805 |
| 1975 | 0.4999999888241291 |

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