At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded from social transfers) by NUTS 2 region by country
Countries reporting
47
Highest
31.1%
Lithuania
Lowest
16.0%
Czechia
Median
24.4%
Years covered
23
2003–2025
Data points
4,418
What the numbers show
At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded from social transfers) by NUTS 2 region is currently reported for 47 countries. The highest value is 31.1% in Lithuania; the lowest is 16.0% in Czechia.
The median across all reporting countries is 24.4%, and the mean is 24.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in France (up 10.9%), and the largest decrease in Hungary (down 29.2%).
At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions) … NUTS: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lithuania | 31.1% | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 1 | Lithuania | 31.1% | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 29.1% | 2018 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 29.1% | 2018 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 5 | Bulgaria | 29.0% | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 6 | Latvia | 28.2% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 6 | Latvia | 28.2% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 8 | Estonia | 27.7% | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 8 | Estonia | 27.7% | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 10 | Ireland | 26.8% | 2025 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 10 | Italy | 26.8% | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 12 | France | 26.5% | 2025 | up 10.9% | flat |
| 12 | Luxembourg | 26.5% | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 12 | Montenegro | 26.5% | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 15 | Croatia | 25.5% | 2025 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 15 | Croatia | 25.5% | 2025 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 17 | Spain | 25.4% | 2025 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 17 | Türkiye | 25.4% | 2025 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 19 | Norway | 25.3% | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 19 | Sweden | 25.3% | 2025 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 21 | Serbia | 24.9% | 2025 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 21 | Serbia | 24.9% | 2025 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 23 | Denmark | 24.5% | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 24 | Austria | 24.4% | 2025 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 24 | Germany | 24.4% | 2025 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 26 | Switzerland | 24.2% | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 26 | Finland | 24.2% | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 28 | North Macedonia | 24.0% | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 28 | North Macedonia | 24.0% | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 30 | Romania | 23.5% | 2025 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 31 | Greece | 23.2% | 2025 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 32 | Belgium | 23.0% | 2025 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 33 | Malta | 22.5% | 2025 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 34 | Albania | 21.9% | 2025 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 35 | Slovenia | 21.8% | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 35 | Slovenia | 21.8% | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 37 | Cyprus | 21.7% | 2025 | down 14.6% | flat |
| 38 | Poland | 21.6% | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 38 | Poland | 21.6% | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 40 | Netherlands | 21.2% | 2025 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 40 | Netherlands | 21.2% | 2025 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 42 | Portugal | 20.8% | 2025 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 43 | Slovakia | 20.6% | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 43 | Slovakia | 20.6% | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 45 | Iceland | 19.9% | 2022 | down 13.9% | flat |
| 46 | Hungary | 18.2% | 2025 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 47 | Czechia | 16.0% | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Campania 49.5%
- Sicilia 49.0%
- Calabria 47.1%
- Border, Midland and Western (NUTS 2013) 45.9%
- Isole 45.9%
- Sud 43.5%
- Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest 43.1%
- Ciudad de Ceuta 41.0%
- Ciudad de Melilla 40.6%
- Bremen 40.4%
- Puglia 40.4%
- Ticino 38.0%
- Southern and Eastern (NUTS 2013) 37.4%
- Panonska Hrvatska 37.1%
- Sur 36.8%
- Andalucía 36.8%
- Severozapaden 36.7%
- Región de Murcia 36.6%
- Sardegna 36.4%
- Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas 35.8%
- Prov. Hainaut 35.7%
- Northern and Western 34.7%
- Extremadura 34.6%
- Wien 34.3%
- Severen tsentralen 34.3%
- Yuzhen tsentralen 34.0%
- Yugoiztochen 33.5%
- Agder og Sør-Østlandet 33.5%
- Region Juzne i Istocne Srbije 33.4%
- Castilla-La Mancha 32.9%
- Severna i Yugoiztochna Bulgaria 32.8%
- Sud-Vest Oltenia 32.6%
- Sud-Est 32.3%
- Basilicata 32.0%
- Comunitat Valenciana 31.8%
- Region Wschodni (NUTS 2013) 31.6%
- Innlandet 31.5%
- Peloponnisos 31.4%
- Vorarlberg 31.2%
- Macroregiunea Doi 31.2%