Relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys by country
Countries reporting
38
Highest
39.3
Montenegro
Lowest
14.5
Cyprus
Median
24.7
Years covered
31
1995–2025
Data points
850
What the numbers show
Relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys is currently reported for 38 countries. The highest value is 39.3 in Montenegro; the lowest is 14.5 in Cyprus.
The median across all reporting countries is 24.7, and the mean is 24.9.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Malta (up 39.1%), and the largest decrease in Slovakia (down 37.4%).
Relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - EU-SILC and: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montenegro | 39.3 | 2024 | up 13.9% | flat |
| 1 | Türkiye | 24.6 | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 2 | North Macedonia | 34 | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 3 | Austria | 30.9 | 2025 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 3 | Sweden | 30.9 | 2025 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 5 | Netherlands | 30.7 | 2025 | up 22.8% | falling |
| 6 | Hungary | 30.1 | 2025 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 7 | Iceland | 29.9 | 2022 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 8 | Serbia | 29.5 | 2025 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 9 | Norway | 29 | 2025 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 10 | Spain | 28.4 | 2025 | down 26.6% | rising |
| 11 | Croatia | 28.2 | 2025 | up 12.8% | flat |
| 12 | Latvia | 27.7 | 2025 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 13 | Denmark | 27 | 2025 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 14 | Romania | 26.2 | 2025 | down 33.8% | flat |
| 14 | Italy | 26.2 | 2025 | down 30.5% | rising |
| 16 | Bulgaria | 25.1 | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 16 | Estonia | 25.1 | 2025 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 18 | Albania | 25 | 2024 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 19 | European Union (EU6-1958, EU9-1973, EU10-1981, EU12-1986, EU15-1995, EU25-2004, EU27-2007, EU28-2013, EU27-2020) | 24.8 | 2024 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 20 | Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) | 23.8 | 2024 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 20 | Slovakia | 23.8 | 2025 | down 37.4% | rising |
| 22 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 23.6 | 2018 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 23 | Greece | 23.1 | 2025 | down 34.9% | flat |
| 24 | Switzerland | 22.3 | 2024 | up 38.5% | flat |
| 25 | Lithuania | 22.1 | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 26 | Malta | 21.7 | 2025 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 27 | Portugal | 21.5 | 2025 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 28 | Finland | 21.4 | 2025 | up 23.0% | falling |
| 28 | Czechia | 21.4 | 2025 | up 16.3% | flat |
| 30 | Slovenia | 20.4 | 2025 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 31 | Poland | 20.3 | 2025 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 32 | Ireland | 19.8 | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 33 | Luxembourg | 19.4 | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 34 | Germany | 19 | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 35 | France | 18.7 | 2025 | up 12.7% | falling |
| 36 | Belgium | 16.9 | 2025 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 37 | Cyprus | 14.5 | 2025 | down 16.2% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.