At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region by country
Countries reporting
35
Highest
22.6
Lithuania
Lowest
7.4
Iceland
Median
16.1
Years covered
23
2003–2025
Data points
4,825
What the numbers show
At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 22.6 in Lithuania; the lowest is 7.4 in Iceland.
The median across all reporting countries is 16.1, and the mean is 16.19.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 7 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in France (up 19.9%), and the largest decrease in Romania (down 27.6%).
At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lithuania | 22.6 | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 2 | Latvia | 22 | 2025 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 3 | North Macedonia | 21.9 | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 21.2 | 2025 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 5 | Montenegro | 20 | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 6 | Greece | 19.6 | 2025 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 6 | Serbia | 19.6 | 2025 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 8 | Spain | 19.5 | 2025 | down 11.8% | flat |
| 8 | Estonia | 19.5 | 2025 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 8 | Croatia | 19.5 | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 11 | Albania | 19.2 | 2024 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 12 | United Kingdom | 18.6 | 2018 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 12 | Italy | 18.6 | 2025 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 14 | Romania | 18.4 | 2025 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 15 | Malta | 16.9 | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 16 | France | 16.3 | 2025 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 17 | Switzerland | 16.2 | 2024 | up 17.4% | flat |
| 18 | Germany | 16.1 | 2025 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 19 | Austria | 15.9 | 2025 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 20 | Sweden | 15.6 | 2025 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 21 | Portugal | 15.4 | 2025 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 22 | Cyprus | 14.9 | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 23 | Luxembourg | 14.8 | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 24 | Slovenia | 14.3 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 25 | Hungary | 14 | 2025 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 26 | Finland | 13.4 | 2025 | up 8.1% | flat |
| 26 | Netherlands | 13.4 | 2025 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 28 | Poland | 13.2 | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 29 | Ireland | 13 | 2025 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 30 | Slovakia | 12.2 | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 31 | Denmark | 11.8 | 2025 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 32 | Norway | 11.3 | 2025 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 33 | Belgium | 10.9 | 2025 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 34 | Czechia | 9.6 | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 35 | Iceland | 7.4 | 2022 | down 6.3% | falling |