| Sweden | | |
Income inequality (gini coefficient) - before tax and government transfers | 0.37 (2019) [32/37countries] | | |
Income inequality (gini coefficient) - after tax and government transfers | 0.27 (2019) [29/37countries] | | |
% of those who think that global poverty is a major threat to their country | 38.1% (2020) [13/14countries] | | |
% of those who are dissatisfied with their earnings | 66.5% (2009) [7/30countries] | | |
% of those who think that it is difficult for their household to make ends meet | 13.5% (2019) [17/20countries] | | |
% of those who think that it will be difficult for their household to make ends meet for the next 12 months | 14.0% (2019) [18/20countries] | | |
% of those who skip a meal because there is not enough money once a month or more | 4.0% (2019) [16/20countries] | | |
% of men who say that they have a higher income than their partner | 67.4% (2012) [19/31countries] | | |
% of women who say that they have a higher income than their partner | 20.4% (2012) [10/31countries] | | |
% of those who say that both partners have about the same income | 16.6% (2012) [19/31countries] | | |
% of those who think that the income distribution of their country is unfair | 70.9% (2019) [14/20countries] | | |
% of those who think that differences in income in the country are too large | 69.5% (2019) [18/20countries] | | |
% of those who are optimistic about reducing the gap between the rich and poor | 41.2% (2019) [3/21countries] | | |
% of those who contact people who are a lot poorer than them every day | 22.8% (2019) [6/20countries] | | |
% of those who contact people who are a lot richer than them every day | 18.5% (2019) [5/20countries] | | |
Extent of anger at differences in wealth | 4.53 (2019) [17/20countries] | | |
% of those who think that there is strong conflicts between poor people and rich people | 27.7% (2019) [12/20countries] | | |
% of those who think that most people are better off in a free market economy despite growing economic inequality | 74.8% (2019) [4/21countries] | | |
% of those who think that differences in peoplefs standard of living should be small for a society to be fair | 54.7% (2017) [18/21countries] | | |
% of those who think that the government is responsible for reducing income inequality (5 choices) | 62.5% (2020) [13/20countries] | | |
% of those who think that the government is responsible for reducing income inequality (4 choices) | 66.8% (2016) [19/25countries] | | |
% of those who think that the government is tne most responsible for reducing income inequality | 58.1% (2019) [12/19countries] | | |
% of those who think that private companies are tne most responsible for reducing income inequality | 11.8% (2019) [15/19countries] | | |
% of those who think that trade unions are tne most responsible for reducing income inequality | 17.1% (2019) [3/19countries] | | |
% of those who think that high income people are tne most responsible for reducing income inequality | 2.0% (2019) [14/19countries] | | |
% of those who think that low income people are tne most responsible for reducing income inequality | 2.9% (2019) [8/19countries] | | |
% of those who think that income differences do not need to be reduced | 8.1% (2019) [4/19countries] | | |
% of those who think that politicians do not care about reducing the differences in income | 65.8% (2019) [16/20countries] | | |
% of those who think that the government is successful in reducing the differences in income | 4.9% (2019) [14/20countries] | | |
% of those who think that they should take care of themselves and their family first, before helping other people | 54.5% (2017) [19/21countries] | | |