Median income and the at-risk-of-poverty rate, 2025
Each point is one country: median equivalised net income across and at-risk-of-poverty rate up, both for 2025. 31 countries have both values. A pattern shows that two measures go together; it does not show that one causes the other.
What the plot shows
- Across the 31 countries, higher values of median equivalised net income tend to go with lower values of at-risk-of-poverty rate. The correlation is -0.55, a moderate relationship.
- Furthest above the overall pattern (a higher at-risk-of-poverty rate than the pattern suggests): Lithuania, Türkiye, Latvia.
- Furthest below it: Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary.
The correlation runs from −1 to 1. It is calculated from the values in the table, on logarithms where an axis uses a logarithmic scale, and shows how closely the points follow a straight line, not cause and effect.
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Colours show World Bank regions.
Values for 2025
| Country | Median equivalised net income | At-risk-of-poverty rate |
|---|---|---|
| Albania | €5,785 per year | 19.0% |
| Austria | €36,546 per year | 15.9% |
| Belgium | €31,299 per year | 10.9% |
| Bulgaria | €8,862 per year | 21.2% |
| Croatia | €15,057 per year | 19.5% |
| Cyprus | €22,066 per year | 14.9% |
| Czechia | €15,199 per year | 9.6% |
| Denmark | €36,192 per year | 11.8% |
| Estonia | €17,146 per year | 19.5% |
| Finland | €29,740 per year | 13.4% |
| France | €26,459 per year | 16.3% |
| Germany | €28,891 per year | 16.1% |
| Greece | €11,700 per year | 19.6% |
| Hungary | €8,792 per year | 14.0% |
| Ireland | €35,138 per year | 13.0% |
| Italy | €22,062 per year | 18.6% |
| Latvia | €13,983 per year | 22.0% |
| Lithuania | €13,982 per year | 22.6% |
| Luxembourg | €50,046 per year | 14.8% |
| Malta | €22,034 per year | 16.9% |
| Netherlands | €34,466 per year | 13.4% |
| Norway | €41,923 per year | 11.3% |
| Poland | €14,394 per year | 13.2% |
| Portugal | €14,465 per year | 15.4% |
| Romania | €8,187 per year | 18.4% |
| Serbia | €7,802 per year | 19.6% |
| Slovakia | €12,990 per year | 12.2% |
| Slovenia | €20,416 per year | 14.3% |
| Spain | €20,367 per year | 19.5% |
| Sweden | €28,574 per year | 15.6% |
| Türkiye | €6,039 per year | 23.4% |
Median equivalised net income
The middle value of household disposable income after taxes and social transfers, adjusted for household size and composition (equivalised), per person per year. Figures are in nominal euro and are not adjusted for price differences between countries.
Source: Eurostat
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.
Source: Eurostat