This interactive page illustrates some important figures
related to Eurostat indicator ilc_peps01
on people at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age
and sex. Find out about 2016 figures of
at-risk-of-poverty or social exclusion rate in the EU by
consulting the news
release 199/2016 published on the occassion of the
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
All 2015 population
By sex
By country
Changes total population w.r.t 2008
How at-risk-of-poverty population distribute in the European Union
In 2015, around 119 million people, or 23.7% of the population, across Member States were at
risk of poverty or social exclusion.
Highest at-risk-of-poverty or social exclusion rate in Bulgaria, lowest in the Czech Republic.
Largest decrease in the at-risk-of-poverty or social exclusion rate in Poland and Romania,
highest increase in Greece and Cyprus.
Circles are sized according to the breakdown population.
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million
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500,000
100,000
Stroke color shows the percentage of the population represented by people
at-risk-of-poverty or social exclusion.
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
Male
56.281
millions
About 23 percent of the male population is at-risk-of-poverty or social exclusion in the
EU28 area (highest rates in Bulgaria, Romania and Greece, lowest in Iceland, Sweden and The
Netherlands).
Female
62.542
millions
About 24.4 percent of the female population is at-risk-of-poverty or social exclusion in the
EU28 area (highest rates in Bulgaria, Romania and Greece, lowest in Iceland, Finland and The
Netherlands).
Largest decrease in the at-risk-of-poverty or social exclusion rate in Poland and Romania,
highest increase in Greece and Cyprus
Among Member States for which data are available, the at-risk-of-poverty or social exclusion rate
has grown from 2008 to 2015 in fifteen Member States.
