Persons by risk of poverty, material deprivation, work intensity of the household and most frequent activity status (population aged 18 and over) - intersections of EU 2020 Strategy poverty target indicators by country

Countries reporting
46
Highest
8.8%
Bulgaria
Lowest
0.1%
Iceland
Median
1.3%
Years covered
13
2008–2020
Data points
638

What the numbers show

Persons by risk of poverty, material deprivation, work intensity of the household and most frequent activity status (population aged 18 and over) - intersections of EU 2020 Strategy poverty target indicators is currently reported for 46 countries. The highest value is 8.8% in Bulgaria; the lowest is 0.1% in Iceland.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.3%, and the mean is 2.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 88.

Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 31 fell. The largest increase was in Luxembourg (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 70.7%).

Persons by risk of poverty, material deprivation, work intensity of: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bulgaria 8.8% 2020 down 32.8% falling
2 Türkiye 7.5% 2020 down 45.3% falling
3 Romania 6.6% 2020 down 31.2% falling
4 North Macedonia 5.7% 2020 down 14.9% falling
5 Greece 5.2% 2020 down 10.3% falling
6 Serbia 4.6% 2020 down 32.4% falling
7 Montenegro 4.0% 2020 up 66.7% rising
8 Lithuania 3.2% 2020 down 30.4% falling
8 Lithuania 3.2% 2020 down 30.4% falling
10 Hungary 2.9% 2020 up 3.6% flat
10 Latvia 2.9% 2020 down 56.7% falling
10 Croatia 2.9% 2020 down 21.6% falling
10 Latvia 2.9% 2020 down 56.7% falling
10 Croatia 2.9% 2020 down 21.6% falling
15 Spain 2.3% 2020 up 64.3% rising
16 Cyprus 1.8% 2020 down 43.8% falling
16 Portugal 1.8% 2020 down 18.2% falling
18 Italy 1.7% 2020 down 26.1% falling
18 European Union (EU6-1958, EU9-1973, EU10-1981, EU12-1986, EU15-1995, EU25-2004, EU27-2007, EU28-2013, EU27-2020) 1.7% 2019 down 29.2% falling
18 Germany 1.7% 2020 up 41.7% falling
21 Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) 1.6% 2020 unchanged falling
22 Slovakia 1.4% 2020 down 22.2% falling
22 Slovakia 1.4% 2020 down 22.2% falling
24 Poland 1.2% 2020 down 70.7% falling
24 Poland 1.2% 2020 down 70.7% falling
26 Estonia 1.1% 2020 down 57.7% falling
26 Malta 1.1% 2020 down 21.4% rising
26 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.1% 2018 up 22.2% rising
26 France 1.1% 2020 down 15.4% falling
26 Estonia 1.1% 2020 down 57.7% falling
26 United Kingdom 1.1% 2018 up 22.2% rising
32 Slovenia 1.0% 2020 down 33.3% falling
32 Slovenia 1.0% 2020 down 33.3% falling
34 Belgium 0.7% 2020 down 30.0% falling
34 Austria 0.7% 2020 down 41.7% falling
36 Norway 0.6% 2020 up 50.0% rising
36 Luxembourg 0.6% 2020 up 100.0% rising
36 Denmark 0.6% 2020 up 20.0% rising
36 Czechia 0.6% 2020 down 50.0% falling
40 Ireland 0.5% 2020 up 66.7% rising
40 Finland 0.5% 2020 unchanged falling
40 Switzerland 0.5% 2020 down 16.7% rising
43 Sweden 0.4% 2020 up 33.3% falling
44 Netherlands 0.3% 2020 unchanged rising
44 Netherlands 0.3% 2020 unchanged rising
46 Iceland 0.1% 2020 down 66.7% 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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Indicator
Persons by risk of poverty, material deprivation, work intensity of the household and most frequent activity status (population aged 18 and over) - intersections of EU 2020 Strategy poverty target indicators
Unit
Percentage
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
52 places, 638 data points, 2008–2020
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