Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status - EU 2020 strategy by country

Countries reporting
46
Highest
41.5%
Türkiye
Lowest
11.5%
Iceland
Median
21.0%
Years covered
17
2004–2020
Data points
740

What the numbers show

Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status - EU 2020 strategy is currently reported for 46 countries. The highest value is 41.5% in Türkiye; the lowest is 11.5% in Iceland.

The median across all reporting countries is 21.0%, and the mean is 21.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Luxembourg (up 22.2%), and the largest decrease in Hungary (down 38.8%).

Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status - EU: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Türkiye 41.5% 2020 down 36.8% falling
2 North Macedonia 39.8% 2020 down 20.9% falling
3 Bulgaria 32.1% 2020 down 34.8% falling
4 Serbia 31.1% 2020 down 26.0% falling
5 Montenegro 30.9% 2020 down 17.2% falling
6 Romania 30.4% 2020 down 26.7% falling
7 Greece 28.8% 2020 up 4.0% rising
8 Spain 26.4% 2020 up 1.1% rising
9 Latvia 26.0% 2020 down 31.9% falling
9 Latvia 26.0% 2020 down 31.9% falling
11 Italy 25.3% 2020 up 1.2% rising
12 Lithuania 24.8% 2020 down 27.1% falling
12 Lithuania 24.8% 2020 down 27.1% falling
14 Croatia 23.2% 2020 down 25.4% falling
14 Estonia 23.2% 2020 up 6.9% rising
14 Estonia 23.2% 2020 up 6.9% rising
14 Croatia 23.2% 2020 down 25.4% falling
18 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 23.1% 2018 down 0.4% flat
18 United Kingdom 23.1% 2018 down 0.4% flat
20 Cyprus 22.1% 2020 down 10.2% flat
21 Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) 21.8% 2020 unchanged flat
22 Germany 21.6% 2020 up 9.6% flat
23 European Union (EU6-1958, EU9-1973, EU10-1981, EU12-1986, EU15-1995, EU25-2004, EU27-2007, EU28-2013, EU27-2020) 21.2% 2019 down 11.7% falling
24 Luxembourg 20.9% 2020 up 22.2% rising
25 Portugal 19.8% 2020 down 21.7% falling
26 Ireland 19.2% 2020 down 29.7% falling
27 Belgium 19.0% 2020 down 8.7% falling
27 Malta 19.0% 2020 down 10.4% flat
29 France 18.6% 2020 down 3.1% falling
30 Hungary 18.3% 2020 down 38.8% falling
31 Switzerland 18.1% 2020 up 5.8% rising
32 Sweden 17.9% 2020 up 1.1% rising
33 Austria 17.5% 2020 down 7.4% falling
34 Poland 17.3% 2020 down 37.8% falling
34 Poland 17.3% 2020 down 37.8% falling
36 Netherlands 16.1% 2020 up 7.3% rising
36 Netherlands 16.1% 2020 up 7.3% rising
38 Finland 16.0% 2020 down 5.3% falling
39 Denmark 15.9% 2020 down 13.1% flat
40 Norway 15.8% 2020 up 6.0% flat
41 Slovenia 15.0% 2020 down 18.0% falling
41 Slovenia 15.0% 2020 down 18.0% falling
43 Slovakia 14.8% 2020 down 28.2% falling
43 Slovakia 14.8% 2020 down 28.2% falling
45 Czechia 11.9% 2020 down 17.4% falling
46 Iceland 11.5% 2020 down 16.1% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status - EU 2020 strategy
Unit
Percentage
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
52 places, 740 data points, 2004–2020
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