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  • Lower economic standard also in 2023

    For the second year in a row, the economic standard fell in 2023, due to inflation. Compared to 2022, the decrease in the median value was 1.4 percent. The share with a low economic standard decreased in the population over 64 years of age and among children, but increased in other groups.

  • Increasing share with persistently low income

    The share of people aged 20–64 with persistently low income has increased in recent years. The share of women with persistently low income was 36 percent in 2022, compared to 35 percent for men. The corresponding shares in 2019, before the pandemic, were 32 and 31 percent, respectively.

  • Lower economic standard

    For the first time since the 1990s, the economic standard fell in 2022. The reason is inflation, which was higher than the increase in income.

  • Strong increase in incomes during 2021, but greater inequality

    After a few years of relatively weak income growth, with the lowest increase in 2020, a stronger development is seen in 2021. At the same time, income inequality, measured by the Gini coefficient, increased sharply during the year according to new statistics on income and taxes for individuals and households.

  • Nearly one tenth of the population were at persistent risk of poverty

    The percentage of persons at persistent risk of poverty has increased somewhat in recent years. Among Sweden’s population in 2020, just under 15 percent were at risk of poverty. Nearly two thirds of those people were at persistent risk of poverty.