{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"se-median-income","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/se-median-income","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/se-median-income/","title":"Median Equivalised Net Income in Sweden (2025)","description":"Sweden's Median Equivalised Net Income: 28,574 EUR per person in 2025, +6.2% YoY, roughly 124.6% of the EU-27 average. 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Equivalised income adjusts household disposable income for household size and composition using the modified OECD scale, so the figure reflects typical per-person purchasing power rather than a raw household total."},{"question":"How does Sweden's median income compare with the EU-27 average?","answer":"In 2025, Sweden's median equivalised net income of roughly 28,574 EUR was about 124.6% of the EU-27 average of approximately 22,939 EUR, a gap of around 5,635 EUR. That premium has typically narrowed since 2014, when Sweden's ratio to the EU-27 average peaked at roughly 171% — the gap has been closing gradually even as Sweden's absolute income keeps rising in most years."},{"question":"How much has Sweden's median income grown since 2010?","answer":"Sweden's median equivalised net income rose from about 18,897 EUR in 2010 to approximately 28,574 EUR in 2025 — a cumulative gain of roughly 51.2% over 15 years. Growth was uneven rather than steady: a sharp +14.2% jump in 2011 was followed by several years of near-flat or declining figures around 2015–2019, before renewed gains resumed from 2020 onward."},{"question":"Why did Sweden's EUR-denominated income swing so much between 2010 and 2019?","answer":"Sweden sits outside the eurozone and reports income in Swedish krona, which Eurostat converts to EUR using annual average exchange rates. That likely explains part of the volatility in the series — for example the +14.2% jump from 18,897 EUR in 2010 to 21,584 EUR in 2011, and the -4.2% dip from 25,540 EUR in 2018 to 24,474 EUR in 2019 — since krona movements against the euro can shift the EUR figure even when underlying domestic income growth is comparatively stable."},{"question":"Has Sweden's income premium over the EU average been widening or narrowing?","answer":"Narrowing, typically, since the mid-2010s peak. Sweden's ratio to the EU-27 average rose from about 130% in 2010 to a high of roughly 171% in 2014, then declined in most years since to reach 124.6% in 2025 — close to its lowest point in the 2010–2025 series. That suggests EU-27 peers have generally been catching up in nominal income terms even as Sweden's own income level continues to climb over the period."}]}