Children living in single-parent households by at risk of poverty or in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025)
Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025): Children living in single-parent households by at risk of poverty or was 13.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Children living in single-parent households by at risk of poverty or in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025), 2015–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025) recorded 13.6% for children living in single-parent households by at risk of poverty or in 2025. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 15.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children living in single-parent households by at risk of poverty or in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025) peaked at 13.6% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 11.6%, in 2016.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Children living in single-parent households by at risk of poverty or in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025), year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11.8% | — |
| 2016 | 11.6% | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 11.9% | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 11.9% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 12.1% | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 11.9% | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 12.6% | +5.9% |
| 2022 | 12.8% | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 13.0% | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 13.4% | +3.1% |
| 2025 | 13.6% | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 11.9% | 11.6% | 12.1% | 5 |
| 2020s | 12.9% | 11.9% | 13.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025)
More population data for Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025)
- Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national 352.72 million (2025)
- Live births (total) by month 2.79 million Number (2024)
- Population on 1 January by age and sex 351.64 million Number (2025)
- Population on 1 January by age group and sex 351.64 million Number (2025)
- Population on 1 January by broad age group and sex 351.64 million Number (2025)
- Population structure indicators at national level 57.2 (2025)
- Live births by mother's age and legal marital status 2.79 million Number (2024)
- Live births by mother's year of birth (age reached) and legal marital 2.79 million Number (2024)
- Deaths by year of birth (age reached) and sex 3.67 million Number (2024)
- Fertility indicators 31.6 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children living in single-parent households by at risk of poverty or in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025)?
- Children living in single-parent households by at risk of poverty or in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025) was 13.6% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest children living in single-parent households by at risk of poverty or recorded in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 13.6% in 2025.
- What is the lowest children living in single-parent households by at risk of poverty or recorded in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.6% in 2016.
- How does Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025) rank for children living in single-parent households by at risk of poverty or?
- Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025) ranks 1st out of 2 regions with data for 2025.
- Is children living in single-parent households by at risk of poverty or rising or falling in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025) data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Children living in single-parent households by at risk of poverty or social exclusion situation (population aged 0-17). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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