Poverty or social exclusion rate in Poland
15.0% of people in Poland were at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2015.
Poland, 2025
15.0%
Change from 2024
−1.0percentage points
European Union, 2025
20.9%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
18.8%
Position in 2025
30th of 31
Poverty or social exclusion rate in Poland over time
View
Poland
European Union
×
The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Poland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15.0% | 20.9% |
| 2024 | 16.0% | 21.0% |
| 2023 | 16.3% | 21.3% |
| 2022 | 15.9% | 21.6% |
| 2021 | 16.8% | 21.7% |
| 2020 | 17.0% | 21.5% |
| 2019 | 17.9% | 21.1% |
| 2018 | 18.2% | 21.7% |
| 2017 | 18.7% | 22.4% |
| 2016 | 20.6% | 23.7% |
| 2015 | 22.5% | 24.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −1.0 percentage points from 16.0% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 22.5%, the figure has changed by −7.5 percentage points.
- Among the 31 countries with data for 2025, Poland has the 30th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 20.9%.
More for Poland
All statistics for Poland
At-risk-of-poverty rate
13.2%
2025 · Eurostat
Inability to keep home adequately warm
3.2%
2025 · Eurostat
Income inequality (Gini)
24.9 (0 to 100)
2025 · Eurostat
Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20)
3.63 times
2025 · Eurostat
Severe material and social deprivation
2.0%
2025 · Eurostat
Gini index
28.5 (0 to 100)
2023 · World Bank