Persistent low income common among foreign born persons Among Sweden’s population in 2018, nearly 15 percent were at risk of poverty. Two thirds of those persons, nearly 10 percent of the population, were at persistent risk of poverty. This means that they were at risk of poverty in 2018 and during at least two of the three preceding years. The percentage of persons at persistent risk of poverty has remained stable in recent years. 2020-04-23 • Income and tax statistics
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
