At-risk-of-poverty rate
People with equivalised disposable income, after social transfers, below 60% of the national median. It is a relative measure: it depends on income levels in each country and does not by itself measure hardship.
31 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union | Germany | France | Spain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16.3% | 16.1% | 16.3% | 19.5% |
| 2024 | 16.2% | 15.5% | 15.9% | 19.7% |
| 2023 | 16.2% | 14.4% | 15.4% | 20.2% |
| 2022 | 16.5% | 14.8% | 15.6%b (break in time series) | 20.4% |
| 2021 | 16.8% | 16.0% | 14.3% | 21.7% |
| 2020 | 16.7% | 16.1%b (break in time series) | 14.2%b (break in time series) | 21.0% |
| 2019 | 16.5% | 14.8% | 13.6% | 20.7% |
| 2018 | 16.8% | 16.0% | 13.4% | 21.5% |
| 2017 | 16.9% | 16.1% | 13.2% | 21.6% |
| 2016 | 17.5% | 16.5% | 13.6% | 22.3% |
| 2015 | 17.4% | 16.7% | 13.6% | 22.1% |
| 2014 | 17.3% | 16.7% | 13.3% | 22.2% |
| 2013 | 16.8% | 16.1% | 13.7% | 20.4% |
| 2012 | – | 16.1% | 14.1% | 20.8% |
| 2011 | – | 15.8% | 14.0% | 20.6% |
| 2010 | – | 15.6% | 13.3% | 20.7% |
| 2009 | – | 15.5% | 12.9% | 20.4% |
| 2008 | – | 15.2% | 12.5% | 19.8% |
| 2007 | – | 15.2% | 13.1% | 19.7% |
| 2006 | – | 12.5% | 13.2% | 20.3% |
| 2005 | – | 12.2%b (break in time series) | 13.0% | 20.1% |
| 2004 | – | – | 13.5%b (break in time series) | 20.1%b (break in time series) |
| 2002 | – | – | 12.0% | 19.0%b (break in time series) |
| 2001 | – | 11.0% | 13.0%b (break in time series) | 19.0% |
Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- Among the 31 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Türkiye (23.4%) and the lowest Czechia (9.6%).
- Half of the countries are above 15.9% and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 14 countries and fell in 15.
- The figure for the European Union was 16.3% in 2025, against 16.7% in 2020 (−0.4 percentage points).
About this measure
Before comparing
- The poverty line is relative to each country's median income.
Source and dates
All countries in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Türkiye 23.4%
- 2 Lithuania 22.6%p (provisional)
- 3 Latvia 22.0%
- 4 Bulgaria 21.2%
- 5 Greece 19.6%
- 6 Serbia 19.6%
- 7 Croatia 19.5%
- 8 Estonia 19.5%
- 9 Spain 19.5%
- 10 Albania 19.0%
- 11 Italy 18.6%
- 12 Romania 18.4%
- 13 Malta 16.9%
- 14 France 16.3%
- 15 Germany 16.1%
- 16 Austria 15.9%
- 17 Sweden 15.6%
- 18 Portugal 15.4%
- 19 Cyprus 14.9%
- 20 Luxembourg 14.8%b (break in time series)
- 21 Slovenia 14.3%
- 22 Hungary 14.0%
- 23 Finland 13.4%
- 24 Netherlands 13.4%
- 25 Poland 13.2%
- 26 Ireland 13.0%
- 27 Slovakia 12.2%b (break in time series)
- 28 Denmark 11.8%
- 29 Norway 11.3%
- 30 Belgium 10.9%
- 31 Czechia 9.6%
- European Union 16.3%
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Grey: no value for 2025. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.