Persons by risk of poverty, material deprivation, work intensity of the household and income quantile - intersections of EU 2020 Strategy poverty target indicators by country

Countries reporting
46
Highest
10.0%
Türkiye
Lowest
0.2%
Iceland
Median
1.5%
Years covered
13
2008–2020
Data points
639

What the numbers show

Persons by risk of poverty, material deprivation, work intensity of the household and income quantile - intersections of EU 2020 Strategy poverty target indicators is currently reported for 46 countries. The highest value is 10.0% in Türkiye; the lowest is 0.2% in Iceland.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.5%, and the mean is 2.2%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 50.

Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 31 fell. The largest increase was in Luxembourg (up 133.3%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 76.7%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Türkiye 10.0% 2020 down 41.5% falling
2 Bulgaria 8.8% 2020 down 34.8% falling
3 Romania 7.7% 2020 down 31.9% falling
4 North Macedonia 6.0% 2020 down 7.7% falling
5 Greece 5.4% 2020 down 11.5% falling
6 Montenegro 4.8% 2020 up 92.0% rising
7 Serbia 4.2% 2020 down 37.3% falling
8 Hungary 3.3% 2020 unchanged falling
9 Lithuania 3.1% 2020 down 40.4% falling
9 Lithuania 3.1% 2020 down 40.4% falling
11 Spain 2.7% 2020 up 42.1% rising
12 Croatia 2.6% 2020 down 23.5% falling
12 Latvia 2.6% 2020 down 63.9% falling
12 Latvia 2.6% 2020 down 63.9% falling
12 Croatia 2.6% 2020 down 23.5% falling
16 Cyprus 2.1% 2020 down 38.2% falling
17 Italy 1.8% 2020 down 28.0% falling
17 Portugal 1.8% 2020 down 18.2% falling
19 European Union (EU6-1958, EU9-1973, EU10-1981, EU12-1986, EU15-1995, EU25-2004, EU27-2007, EU28-2013, EU27-2020) 1.7% 2019 down 32.0% falling
19 Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) 1.7% 2020 unchanged falling
21 Slovakia 1.6% 2020 down 15.8% falling
21 Slovakia 1.6% 2020 down 15.8% falling
21 Germany 1.6% 2020 up 45.5% falling
24 United Kingdom 1.3% 2018 up 30.0% rising
24 Malta 1.3% 2020 down 7.1% rising
24 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.3% 2018 up 30.0% rising
27 France 1.2% 2020 down 20.0% falling
28 Poland 1.0% 2020 down 76.7% falling
28 Slovenia 1.0% 2020 down 33.3% falling
28 Estonia 1.0% 2020 down 64.3% falling
28 Estonia 1.0% 2020 down 64.3% falling
28 Slovenia 1.0% 2020 down 33.3% falling
28 Poland 1.0% 2020 down 76.7% falling
34 Belgium 0.8% 2020 down 33.3% falling
34 Switzerland 0.8% 2020 unchanged rising
34 Austria 0.8% 2020 down 33.3% falling
37 Norway 0.7% 2020 up 40.0% rising
37 Luxembourg 0.7% 2020 up 133.3% rising
39 Sweden 0.6% 2020 up 100.0% flat
39 Ireland 0.6% 2020 up 50.0% rising
39 Denmark 0.6% 2020 up 50.0% rising
39 Czechia 0.6% 2020 down 53.8% falling
43 Finland 0.5% 2020 down 16.7% falling
44 Netherlands 0.3% 2020 up 50.0% rising
44 Netherlands 0.3% 2020 up 50.0% rising
46 Iceland 0.2% 2020 down 33.3% 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 income quantile - intersections of EU 2020 Strategy poverty target indicators
Unit
Percentage
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
52 places, 639 data points, 2008–2020
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