European Union - At Risk of Poverty rate: Population was 15.50% in December of 2024, 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: Population - last updated from the EUROSTAT on July of 2025. Historically, European Union - At Risk of Poverty rate: Population reached a record high of 16.70% in December of 2016 and a record low of 15.30% in December of 2010.

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 15.20% in December of 2024, 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 July 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.

The average for 2021 based on 25 countries was 1.5 percent. The highest value was in Romania: 7.1 percent and the lowest value was in Cyprus: 0.1 percent. The indicator is available from 1963 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Portugal, Spain and Bulgaria are the countries most at risk of energy poverty in the European Union. As of 2023, over ********* of households in each country were unable to adequately heat their homes. They were followed Lithuania, where another ** percent of households struggled to keep their houses warm.

European Union - At Risk of Poverty rate: Employed persons was 8.20% in December of 2024, 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: Employed persons - last updated from the EUROSTAT on June of 2025. Historically, European Union - At Risk of Poverty rate: Employed persons reached a record high of 9.80% in December of 2016 and a record low of 8.20% in December of 2024.

In 2023, the percentage of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion in the European Union was recorded at **** percent, showing a slight decrease from the previous year. ******************** continue to exhibit significant challenges, with ** percent and ** percent of their populations at risk, respectively. In contrast, Czechia and Slovenia maintained lower rates, at ** percent and **** percent.

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Out of all OECD countries, Cost Rica had the highest poverty rate as of 2022, at over 20 percent. The country with the second highest poverty rate was the United States, with 18 percent. On the other end of the scale, Czechia had the lowest poverty rate at 6.4 percent, followed by Denmark.

The significance of the OECD

The OECD, or the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, was founded in 1948 and is made up of 38 member countries. It seeks to improve the economic and social well-being of countries and their populations. The OECD looks at issues that impact people’s everyday lives and proposes policies that can help to improve the quality of life.

Poverty in the United States

In 2022, there were nearly 38 million people living below the poverty line in the U.S.. About one fourth of the Native American population lived in poverty in 2022, the most out of any ethnicity. In addition, the rate was higher among young women than young men. It is clear that poverty in the United States is a complex, multi-faceted issue that affects millions of people and is even more complex to solve.

European Union - In work at Risk of Poverty rate was 9.20% in December of 2019, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for European Union - In work at Risk of Poverty rate - last updated from the EUROSTAT on June of 2025. Historically, European Union - In work at Risk of Poverty rate reached a record high of 9.60% in December of 2016 and a record low of 8.30% in December of 2010.

Greece - At Risk of Poverty rate was 19.60% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Greece - At Risk of Poverty rate - last updated from the EUROSTAT on July of 2025. Historically, Greece - At Risk of Poverty rate reached a record high of 23.10% in December of 2013 and a record low of 17.70% in December of 2020.

Women and Men in Spain: Risk-of-poverty or risk of social exclusion population (Europe 2030 strategy), by employment status and period. Spain and EU-28 (population aged 18 years old and over). Annual. National.

Rates of poverty and persistent poverty in 2017 are included for the UK and EU, including characteristics, measures of material deprivation and well-being.

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

Table of INEBase Population at risk of poverty or social exclusion (Europe 2030 strategy), by age group and period in the EU. Annual. National. Women and Men in Spain

Analysis of ‘Population at risk of poverty or social exclusion (Europe 2020 strategy), income quintile, type of household and period. Spain and the EU-28. MYH (API identifier: 11209)’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from http://data.europa.eu/88u/dataset/urn-ine-es-tabla-t3-452-11209 on 19 January 2022.

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Table of INEBase Population at risk of poverty or social exclusion (Europe 2020 strategy), income quintile, type of household and period. Spain and the EU-28. Annual. National. Women and Men in Spain

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

Table of INEBase Risk of poverty or social exclusion (Europe 2030 target) and its age and gender components. Annual. National. Living Conditions Survey (LCS)

In 2022, the poverty rate in France reached **** percent. In recent years, poverty in France has been increasing, affecting both unemployed and working people. In fact, according to Insee, *** percent of economically active persons had a living standard inferior to the poverty rate in 2022. The increase in poverty in France Poverty in France reached its highest rate in 2018. That year, almost ** percent of the French population was living below the poverty line, which means that their income was less than 60 percent of the median income in the country. Despite a significant decrease between 2000 and 2004, when the rate went from **** percent down to **** percent, poverty has been rising in France in recent years. Studies have shown that the number of poor people increased in France, reaching approximately *** million individuals in 2022, while **** million people were at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2020.Poverty is affecting the youth and middle classes Poverty seems to affect mainly younger generations. In 2016, **** percent of the French aged between 18 and 29 years old were considered poor. In comparison, only *** percent of the French aged 65 and 74 years old were in the same situation. Youth unemployment in France, one of the highest in Europe, might explain this phenomenon. However, the middle class is not spared from the rise of poverty either. In 2017, **** percent of French middle-income households had difficulties making ends meet.

Using a poverty metric of 2.15 U.S. dollars per day, 37 percent of the women in Sub-Saharan Africa were living in extreme poverty in 2023. This is expected to fall to one third by 2023. On the other hand, less than one percent of the population in Europe and North America as well as Australia and New Zealand were living in extreme poverty. Nevertheless, there are also many people in these regions struggling to make ends meet.