Median Equivalised Net Income in Sweden (2025)
Sweden's Median Equivalised Net Income: 28,574 EUR per person in 2025, +6.2% YoY, roughly 124.6% of the EU-27 average. Eurostat (ILC_DI03), 2010–2025.
Data
| Year | EUR per person | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28,574 | +6.2% |
| 2024 | 26,915 | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 27,250 | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 26,738 | +4.9% |
| 2021 | 25,498 | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 24,700 | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 24,474 | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 25,540 | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 25,376 | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 25,164 | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 25,306 | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 25,838 | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 25,401 | +6.5% |
| 2012 | 23,852 | +10.5% |
| 2011 | 21,584 | +14.2% |
| 2010 | 18,897 | n/a |
About this Dataset
Sweden's median equivalised net income — the typical per-person disposable income after adjusting household income for household size — reached approximately 28,574 EUR in 2025, according to Eurostat's EU-SILC series (ILC_DI03). That marks a 6.2% increase from 26,915 EUR in 2024, and follows a period of comparatively flat readings earlier in the decade.
For analysts benchmarking purchasing power across European markets, the more useful reference point is Sweden's position relative to the EU-27 average. In 2010, Sweden's median income of 18,897 EUR was already about 130% of the EU-27's 14,521 EUR. That premium widened sharply through the early 2010s to a peak of roughly 171% in 2014, before typically narrowing in most years since to reach 124.6% in 2025 — close to its lowest point in the series, even as Sweden's absolute income kept climbing over most of the period.
Growth has not been linear, and the series carries a currency-conversion nuance worth flagging: Sweden reports income in Swedish krona, and Eurostat converts the figures to EUR at annual average exchange rates for cross-country comparison. That likely explains some of the swings — a sharp +14.2% jump from 18,897 EUR in 2010 to 21,584 EUR in 2011, followed by continued gains to 25,838 EUR in 2014, then a run of flat-to-declining years through 2015–2019 that bottomed at 24,474 EUR (-4.2% YoY) in 2019. Growth resumed from 2020, rising to 24,700 EUR, then 25,498 EUR in 2021, 26,738 EUR in 2022, 27,250 EUR in 2023, a dip to 26,915 EUR in 2024, and 28,574 EUR in 2025. Because part of this movement likely reflects krona-euro exchange-rate shifts rather than underlying domestic income growth, analysts comparing Sweden against eurozone peers should typically treat year-to-year EUR swings with some caution.
Coverage and methodology: Eurostat compiles median equivalised net income annually from EU-SILC (Statistics on Income and Living Conditions) microdata, adjusting household disposable income for household size and composition using the modified OECD equivalence scale (first adult = 1, each additional adult 14+ = 0.5, each child under 14 = 0.3). Figures are denominated in current-year euros and are not adjusted for inflation, so cross-year comparisons reflect nominal rather than real purchasing-power changes; for Sweden specifically, the EUR conversion from Swedish krona introduces an additional exchange-rate effect not present for eurozone member states. The EU-27 aggregate used for comparison is Eurostat's EU27_2020 composition. Statistics Sweden (SCB) provides the underlying survey data feeding into this series.