The number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion in the European Union increased by 729 thousand persons since the previous year. In total, the number of people at risk of poverty amounted to 94.5 million persons in 2023. This trend was preceded by a declining number of people at risk of poverty.People at risk of poverty or social exclusion, income distribution and monetary poverty, living conditions and material deprivation is the main indicator to monitor the EU 2030 target on poverty and social exclusion and was the headline indicator to monitor the EU 2020 Strategy poverty target.Find more key insights for the number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion in countries like Czechia, France, and Poland.

European Union - At Risk of Poverty rate of elderly people: Owner was 15.00% in December of 2023, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for European Union - At Risk of Poverty rate of elderly people: Owner - last updated from the EUROSTAT on March of 2025. Historically, European Union - At Risk of Poverty rate of elderly people: Owner reached a record high of 15.90% in December of 2020 and a record low of 12.10% in December of 2014.

Slovakia was the European Union (EU) country with the largest expected increase in poverty due to the Russia-Ukraine war that began in February 2022. According to the estimates, the share of the Slovak population at risk of poverty was estimated to increase by 4.3 percent as a consequence of economic issues caused by the invasion, such as inflation. Estonia was projected the second-highest poverty increase, at 3.7 percent of residents.

European Union - Persistent at Risk of Poverty rate: Males was 8.60% in December of 2023, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for European Union - Persistent at Risk of Poverty rate: Males - last updated from the EUROSTAT on March of 2025. Historically, European Union - Persistent at Risk of Poverty rate: Males reached a record high of 11.10% in December of 2015 and a record low of 8.60% in December of 2023.

The EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) aim to collect timely and comparable cross-sectional and longitudinal data on income, poverty, social exclusion and living conditions.

The EU-SILC project was launched in 2003 between 6 Member States (Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg and Austria) and Norway. The legal basis entered into force in 2004 and now covers all EU countries plus Iceland, Norway and Switzerland.

EU-SILC provides two types of data:

• Cross-sectional data over a given time or a certain time period with variables on income, poverty, social exclusion and other living conditions
• Longitudinal data on individual-level changes over time, observed periodically over a 4-year period.

Information on social exclusion and housing conditions is collected mainly at household level, while labour, education and health information is obtained from individuals aged 16 and over. Income variables at detailed component level are also mainly collected from individuals.

In Austria, approximately 6,000 households are surveyed every year.

The relative median at-risk-of-poverty gap is calculated as the difference between the median equivalised total net income of persons below the at-risk-of-poverty threshold and the at-risk-of-poverty threshold, expressed as a percentage of the at-risk-of-poverty threshold (cut-off point: 60% of median equivalised income). The EU aggregate is a population weighted average of individual national figures. In line with decisions of the European Council, the risk-of-poverty rate is measured relative to the situation in each country rather than applying a common threshold to all countries.

The indicator is calculated as the distance between the median equivalised total net income of persons below the at-risk-of-poverty threshold and the at-risk-of-poverty threshold itself, expressed as a percentage of the at-risk-of-poverty threshold. This threshold is set at 60 % of the national median equivalised disposable income of all people in a country and not for the EU as a whole. The EU aggregate is a population weighted average of individual national figures. In line with decisions of the European Council, the risk-of-poverty rate is measured relative to the situation in each country rather than applying a common threshold to all countries.

The share of persons with an equivalised disposable income, before social transfers, below the at-risk-of-poverty threshold. Retirement and survivor's pensions are counted as income before transfers and not as social transfers.

In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by work intensity of the household (population aged 18 to 59 years) - EU-SILC survey

In all Central and Eastern European countries, the percentage of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion decreased in the observed period. However, one-third of the population in Romania (34.4 percent) and Bulgaria (32.2 percent) was at risk of poverty or social exclusion. On the other hand, Czechia (11.8 percent) and Slovenia (13.3) noted the lowest share in 2022.

Living Conditions Survey (LCS): Risk of poverty or social exclusion (Europe 2030 target) by number of recipients. Annual. National.

European Union - At Risk of Poverty rate of older people: Less than 60 years was 16.10% in December of 2023, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for European Union - At Risk of Poverty rate of older people: Less than 60 years - last updated from the EUROSTAT on March of 2025. Historically, European Union - At Risk of Poverty rate of older people: Less than 60 years reached a record high of 18.50% in December of 2016 and a record low of 16.10% in December of 2023.

In a model where agents differ in wages and preferences over labor time-consumption bundles, we study labor income tax schemes that alleviate poverty. To avoid conflict with individual well-being, we require redistribution to take place between agents on both sides of the poverty line provided they have the same labor time. This requirement is combined with effciency and robustness properties. Maximizing the resulting social preferences under incentive compatibility constraints yields the following evaluation criterion: tax schemes should minimize the labor time required to reach the poverty line. We apply this criterion to European countries and the US. The data and code provided allow to replicate this application.

Table of INEBase Risk of poverty or social exclusion (Europe 2030 goal) and its components by country of birth (persons aged 16 and over). Annual. National. Living Conditions Survey (LCS)

The share of persons who are at work and have an equivalised disposable income below the risk-of-poverty threshold, which is set at 60 % of the national median equivalised disposable income (after social transfers). The indicator is based on the EU-SILC (statistics on income, social inclusion and living conditions).

European Union - Dispersion around the at Risk of Poverty threshold for elderly people: at Risk of Poverty rate (cut-off point: 50% of median equivalised income) was 8.60% in December of 2023, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for European Union - Dispersion around the at Risk of Poverty threshold for elderly people: at Risk of Poverty rate (cut-off point: 50% of median equivalised income) - last updated from the EUROSTAT on March of 2025. Historically, European Union - Dispersion around the at Risk of Poverty threshold for elderly people: at Risk of Poverty rate (cut-off point: 50% of median equivalised income) reached a record high of 9.10% in December of 2020 and a record low of 6.20% in December of 2014.

Women and Men in Spain: Persistent risk-of-poverty rate by period in the EU. Annual. National.

Table of INEBase Population at risk of poverty or social exclusion (Europe 2030 strategy), income quintile, type of household and period. Spain and the EU-28. Annual. National. Women and Men in Spain

The share of persons who are at work and have an equivalised disposable income below the risk-of-poverty threshold, which is set at 60 % of the national median equivalised disposable income (after social transfers). The indicator is broken down by working time (full- and part-time workers).

The indicator measures the share of population who are unable to keep home adequately warm. Data for this indicator are being collected as part of the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) to monitor the development of poverty and social inclusion in the EU. The data collection is based on a survey, which means that indicator values are self-reported.