Children living in single-parent households by at risk of poverty or in European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)
European Union - 27 countries (from 2020): Children living in single-parent households by at risk of poverty or was 12.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Children living in single-parent households by at risk of poverty or in European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), 2015–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) recorded 12.6% 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 3.3% on the previous year and up 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children living in single-parent households by at risk of poverty or in European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) peaked at 12.6% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 10.7%, 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 European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10.9% | — |
| 2016 | 10.7% | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 10.9% | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 11.1% | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 11.3% | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 11.0% | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 11.5% | +4.5% |
| 2022 | 11.6% | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 11.9% | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 12.2% | +2.5% |
| 2025 | 12.6% | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 11.0% | 10.7% | 11.3% | 5 |
| 2020s | 11.8% | 11.0% | 12.6% | 6 |
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More population data for European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)
- Population on 1 January by age group, sex and NUTS 2 region 450.65 million Number (2025)
- Population on 1 January by age, sex and NUTS 2 region 450.65 million Number (2025)
- Live births (total) by NUTS 3 region 3.55 million Number (2024)
- Population density by NUTS 3 region 109.7 Persons per square kilometre (2024)
- Population on 1 January by broad age group, sex and NUTS 3 region 450.65 million Number (2025)
- Live births by mother's age and NUTS 2 region 3.55 million Number (2024)
- Population in private households by educational attainment level and 335,604 Thousand persons (2025)
- Population in private households by educational attainment level and 14.3% (2025)
- Population in private households by educational attainment level 23.5% (2025)
- Population in private households by educational attainment level 23.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children living in single-parent households by at risk of poverty or in European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)?
- Children living in single-parent households by at risk of poverty or in European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) was 12.6% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest children living in single-parent households by at risk of poverty or recorded in European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)?
- The highest recorded value was 12.6% in 2025.
- What is the lowest children living in single-parent households by at risk of poverty or recorded in European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.7% in 2016.
- How does European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) rank for children living in single-parent households by at risk of poverty or?
- European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) ranks 2nd 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 European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) 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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