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Strong increase in incomes during 2021, but greater inequality

2023-01-25

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.

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Income – Persons (The entire country)

Name	Type	Date
Total income from employment and business 2021 – by income brackets	Excel file	2023-01-25
Total income from employment and business 2021 – by region of birth	Table	2023-01-25
Total income from employment and business 2021 - by largest country of birth	Excel file	2023-01-25
Total income from employment and business 2021 – by deciles	Table	2023-01-25
Composition of capital gains and losses 2021. Net gain/loss	Table	2023-01-25
Capital gains and losses 2021 by sex and age. Net gain/loss	Table	2023-01-25

Income – Persons (Counties and municipalities)

Name	Type	Date
Net income 2021	Excel file	2023-01-25
Total income from employment and business 1991–2021, by municipality. Median values in 2021 prices	Table	2023-01-25
Total income from employment and business 2021 – percentiles by municipality	Excel file	2023-01-25
Capital income 2021 by municipality	Excel file	2023-01-25

Income – Households (The entire country)

Name	Type	Date
Disposable income by type of household, 1991-2021	Table	2023-01-25

Income – Consumption unit (The entire country)

Name	Type	Date
Income inequality indicators 1975–2021	Excel file	2023-01-25
Income composition of equivalised disposable income 1991-2021	Excel file	2023-01-25
Equivalised disposable income by deciles 1991-2021	Excel file	2023-01-25
Equivalised disposable income for different groups 1991-2021	Excel file	2023-01-25
At-risk-of-poverty rate for different groups 1991-2021 (corrected 2023-03-13)	Excel file	2023-01-25
Low income standard for different groups 2011-2021 (corrected 2023-03-13)	Excel file	2023-01-25
Persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate for different groups 2014-2021	Excel file	2023-01-25
Gini coefficient 1975–2021	Graph	2023-01-25
At risk of poverty rate 1975–2021	Graph	2023-01-25

Income - Consumption unit (counties and municipalities)

Name	Type	Date
Low income standard by country of birth, age and municipality 2011-2021	Excel file	2023-01-25
At-risk-of-poverty rate by country of birth, age and municipality 2011-2021	Excel file	2023-01-25
Persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate by county and municipality 2014-2021	Excel file	2023-01-25

Taxes – The entire country

Name	Type	Date
Income from employment 2021	Table	2023-01-25
Assessed income 2021	Table	2023-01-25
Taxable earned income 2021	Table	2023-01-25
Tax computation 2009–2021	Table	2023-01-25
Taxes – Number of income earners 2021	Table	2023-01-25
Taxes – Sums of taxes 2021	Table	2023-01-25
Final tax 2021	Table	2023-01-25
The breakpoints 1991, 1996-2021	Table	2023-01-25

Tables in the Statistical Database

Income – Persons

Name	Date
Total earned income for persons registered in the national population register during the whole year by region, sex, age and income bracket. Year 1999 - 2021	2023-01-25
Total earned income for persons registered in the national population register during the whole year by region, level of educational, sex and age. Year 2000 - 2021	2023-01-25
Total earned income for persons registered in the national population register during the whole year by region, sex and age in one-year classes. Year 1999 - 2021	2023-01-25
Total earned income for persons registered in the national population register during the whole year by sex, income bracket and age in one-year classes . Year 1999 - 2021	2023-01-25
Total income from employment and business for persons registered in Sweden both 1 January and 31 December by region, sex, country of birth, number of years in Sweden and age. Year 2010 - 2021	2023-01-25
Total earned income for persons registered in the national population register 31 December by region, sex, age and income bracket. Year 1991 - 2021	2023-01-25
Net income for persons registered in the national population register during the whole year by region, sex and age. Year 2000 - 2021	2023-01-25
Income distribution (fractiles) for persons registered in the national population register during the whole year by region, sex and age. Year 2010 - 2021	2023-01-25

Income – Households

Name	Date
Disposable income for households by region, type of households and age. Year 2011 - 2021	2023-01-25
Income distribution for households (fractiles) by region. Year 2011 - 2021	2023-01-25

Income Distribution

Name	Date
Income inequality indicators by region. Year 2011 - 2021	2023-01-25
Income distribution (fractiles) by region. Year 2011 - 2021	2023-01-25
Economic standard by region, type of households and age. Year 2011 - 2021	2023-01-25
Economic standard by region, country of birth number of years in Sweden and age. Year 2011 - 2021	2023-01-25
Economic standard by region, employment, foreign/Swedish background and age. Year 2011 - 2021	2023-01-25
Economic standard by region, form of leasing, age and type of household. Year 2012 - 2021	2023-01-25
Income structure for equivalised disposable income for households by deciles and region. Year 2011 - 2021	2023-01-25
Income structure for equivalised disposable income for households by region, age and type of household. Year 2011 - 2021	2023-01-25
Income structure for equivalised disposable income for households by region, country of birth and number of years in Sweden. Year 2011 - 2021	2023-01-25
Income structure for equivalised disposable income for households by region, age and occupation. Year 2011 - 2021	2023-01-25

Income Mobility

Name	Date
Long term income, income inequality indicators by region. Period 2011-2012 - 2019-2020	2022-03-24
Long term income, Income distribution (fractiles) by region. Period 2011-2012 - 2019-2020	2022-03-24
Long term income by region, region of birth, type of household and age, equalised disposable income. Period 2011-2012 - 2019-2020	2022-03-24
Change in income group, equalised disposable income. Start year/End year 2011/2012 - 2019/2020	2022-03-24
Change in income group by region of birth, equalised disposable income. Start year/End year 2011/2012 - 2019/2020	2022-03-24
Change in income group, net income. Start year/End year 2000/2005 - 2015/2020	2022-03-24
Persistency in income group, net income. Period 2000-2000 - 2015-2020	2022-03-24
Number of years in income group, net income. Period 2000-2005 - 2015-2020	2022-03-24

Taxes

Name	Date
Income from employment by region, sex, age and income bracket. Year 2000 - 2021	2023-01-25
Number of persons with taxable earned income by region, sex, age and tax break point. Year 2000 - 2021	2023-01-25
Taxable earned income by region, sex, age and income bracket. Year 2000 - 2021	2023-01-25
Taxes by region, type of tax, sex, age and income bracket. Year 2000 - 2021	2023-01-25
Tax reductions by region, type of tax reduction, sex, age and income bracket. Year 2000 - 2021	2023-01-25
Taxable wealth by region, assessed unit, age and wealth bracket. Year 2001 - 2006	2008-02-21
Private pension savings scheme for income-earners by region, sex, age and income bracket. Year 2000 - 2015	2017-01-31

DeSo

Name	Date
Share of persons by quartiles, region, type of income and sex. Year 2011 - 2021	2023-01-25
Income structure net income by region and sex. Year 2011 - 2021	2023-01-25
Equivalised disposable income, share of persons by quartiles and region. Year 2011 - 2021	2023-01-25
Low (at-risk-of-poverty rate) and high economic standard by region and age. Year 2011 - 2021	2023-01-25

Old tables not updated

Name	Date
Income inequality indicators by region. Year 2011 - 2020	2022-01-26
Income distribution (fractiles) by region. Year 2011 - 2020	2022-01-26
Disposable income for households by region, type of households and age. Year 2011 - 2020	2022-01-26
Economic standard by region, type of households and age. Year 2011 - 2020	2022-09-09
Economic standard by region, country of birth number of years in Sweden and age 2011 - 2020	2022-01-26
Equivalised disposable income, share of persons by quartiles and region. Year 2011 - 2020	2022-01-26
Economic standard by region, employment, foreign/Swedish background and age 2011 - 2020	2022-01-26
Economic standard by region, form of leasing, age and type of household 2012 - 2020	2022-09-09
Low (at-risk-of-poverty rate) and high economic standard by region and age. Year 2011 - 2020	2022-01-26
Income structure for equivalised disposable income for households by deciles and region. Year 2011 - 2020	2022-01-26
Income structure for equivalised disposable income for households by region, age and type of household. Year 2011 - 2020	2022-01-26
Income distribution for households (fractiles) by region. Year 2011 - 2020	2022-01-26
Income structure for equivalised disposable income for households by region, country of birth and number of years in Sweden. Year 2011 - 2020	2022-01-26
Income structure for equivalised disposable income for households by region, age and occupation. Year 2011 - 2020	2022-01-26

Publications

Title	Language	Type	Date
Capital Income 2019	Swedish	Report	2021-12-20
Income Distribution Statistics and Shared Residence	English	Report	2021-09-03
Household Economic Standard 2019	Swedish	Report	2021-06-18
The economic situation for parents not living together	Swedish	Report	2019-12-19
Income report 2017 – individuals and households	Swedish	Report	2019-06-27
Income Mobility Statistics in Sweden 2016	English	Report	2018-09-21
Income report 2016 – individuals and households	Swedish	Report	2018-06-29
Income report 2015 – individuals and households	Swedish	Report	2017-06-27
Income report 2014 – individuals and households	Swedish	Report	2016-12-07
From sample survey to totally register-based household income statistics	Swedish with elements of English	Rapport	2016-02-04

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