
Abdulkadir Muse, 65, says he's been working on and off since he came to Sweden in the early 1990s and finds it hard to make ends meet, based on his pension. Credit: Samme Bogad/ Ekot Radio Sweden and Isabell Höjman/TT
Ageing in Sweden
Pensions average 5,000 SEK less per month for foreign-born in Sweden
- On average, people born in Sweden had 17,823 SEK to live on after taxes but before rent or mortgage. For foreign-born, that sum was 12,663, in other words, some 5,000 SEK less.
- The new figures, which the Pensions Agency gathered for Radio Sweden, concern retirees 66 to 70 years-old in 2019.
- 65-year old Abdulkadir Muse, who came to Sweden in the early 1990s, tells Radio Sweden, "I can't complain."