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At risk of poverty or social exclusion

30 European countries compared for 2025, eu average 20.9 %. Eurostat data.

First in the ranking

11.5 %

Czechia

EU average

20.9 %

27 member states

Median country

19.1 %

half above, half below

Range

11.5 to 29.8

Czechia - Türkiye

How to read it

Across 30 countries, the highest value is in Türkiye (29.8 %) and the lowest in Czechia (11.5 %).

Half of the countries are above 19.1 % and half below.

The EU average is 20.9 %; 11 of 30 countries are above it.

For the EU as a whole, the value fell from 24.0 % in 2015 to 20.9 % in 2025.

Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex
Percentage · Total · Total

Eurostat methods can differ from the World Bank data used elsewhere on the site - source and licence.

Poverty risk over time

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Ranking of countries

2025

In chart
Czechia in chart	1	Czechia	11.5	−9.4
Poland in chart	2	Poland	15.0	−5.9
Slovenia in chart	3	Slovenia	15.5	−5.4
Netherlands in chart	4	Netherlands	15.8	−5.1
Norway in chart	5	Norway non-EU	16.1	−4.8
Belgium in chart	6	Belgium	16.5	−4.4
Slovakia in chart	7	Slovakia	16.7	−4.2
Cyprus in chart	8	Cyprus	17.1	−3.8
Finland in chart	9	Finland	17.2	−3.7
Denmark in chart	10	Denmark	17.9	−3.0
Luxembourg in chart	11	Luxembourg	18.2	−2.7
Portugal in chart	12	Portugal	18.6	−2.3
Sweden in chart	13	Sweden	18.6	−2.3
Austria in chart	14	Austria	18.6	−2.3
Ireland in chart	15	Ireland	18.8	−2.1
Malta in chart	16	Malta	19.4	−1.5
Hungary in chart	17	Hungary	19.5	−1.4
Croatia in chart	18	Croatia	20.7	−0.2
France in chart	19	France	20.8	−0.1
Germany in chart	20	Germany	21.2	+0.3
Estonia in chart	21	Estonia	21.8	+0.9
Italy in chart	22	Italy	22.6	+1.7
Serbia in chart	23	Serbia non-EU	23.2	+2.3
Latvia in chart	24	Latvia	24.7	+3.8
Spain in chart	25	Spain	25.7	+4.8
Lithuania in chart	26	Lithuania	26.3	+5.4
Romania in chart	27	Romania	27.4	+6.5
Greece in chart	28	Greece	27.5	+6.6
Bulgaria in chart	29	Bulgaria	29.0	+8.1
Türkiye in chart	30	Türkiye non-EU	29.8	+8.9

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