Income growth rate slowing Households’ economic standard continued to increase in 2018, albeit at a slower rate than a few years ago. The median amount for the economic standard was 0.8 percent higher than in 2017, taking inflation into account. Statistics on households’ incomes and taxes show that the economic standard has increased by 14 percent since 2011. 2020-01-29 • Income and tax statistics
Incomes increased more for women than for men Earned incomes are higher for men than for women. However, earned incomes have increased more among women than among men in the 2000s. In 1999, the median income for women was 72 percent of men’s median income; in 2018, this share had increased to 77 percent. 2019-09-30 • Income and tax statistics
At-risk-of-poverty rate increasing Income growth among groups with low incomes has been relatively weak. This has led to a gradual increase in the at-risk-of-poverty rate since the early 1990s, from 7.3 percent in 1991 to 14.9 percent in 2017. These are the findings presented in Statistics Sweden’s annual income report. 2019-06-27 • Income and tax statistics
Persistent low income common among foreign born persons Among Sweden’s population in 2017, 14 percent were at risk of poverty. Just over two thirds of those persons, or 10 percent of the population, were at persistent risk of poverty. This means that they were at risk of poverty in 2017 and during at least two of the three preceding years. 2019-04-29 • Income and tax statistics
Households’ economic standard continues to increase, but at a slower rate than before Households’ economic standard continues to increase, although at a lower rate than in recent years. In 2017, the median amount for the economic standard was SEK 248 400. This is an increase of 0.7 percent since 2016, taking inflation into account. Since 2011, the economic standard has increased by 13 percent, according to new statistics on households’ incomes and taxes. 2019-01-31 • Income and tax statistics
