At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers … included type in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026)
Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026): At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers … included type was 45.9 in 2021. ▲ Rising
At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026), 2008–2021
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
In 2021, at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) stood at 45.9. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.0% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) peaked at 45.9 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 41.6, in 2008.
That places Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) 3rd out of 49 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers … included type in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 41.6 | — |
| 2009 | 41.9 | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 43.2 | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 43.9 | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 43.7 | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 44.4 | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 44.9 | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 44.9 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 44.8 | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 43.9 | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 43.8 | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 43.2 | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 43.7 | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 45.9 | +5.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 41.75 | 41.6 | 41.9 | 2 |
| 2010s | 44.07 | 43.2 | 44.9 | 10 |
| 2020s | 44.8 | 43.7 | 45.9 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026)
More population data for Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026)
- Household final consumption expenditure by durability - annual data 115.13 (2025)
- Household final consumption expenditure by purpose 109.56 (2022)
- Households - level of internet access 94.55 (2025)
- Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population 13.2 (2021)
- Share of people living in under-occupied dwellings by age, sex and 37.8 (2021)
- At-risk-of-poverty rate of persons living in single-person households 26.2 (2021)
- In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by household type 13.6 (2021)
- At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 27.3 (2021)
- Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - population without 13.9 (2021)
- Overcrowding rate by household type - total population 12.4 (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026)?
- At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) was 45.9 in 2021, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) recorded in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026)?
- The highest recorded value was 45.9 in 2021.
- What is the lowest at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) recorded in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026)?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.6 in 2008.
- How does Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) rank for at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in)?
- Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) ranks 3rd out of 49 countries with data for 2021.
- Is at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) rising or falling in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in social transfers) by household type. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 14 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat).