Children (aged less than 18) at risk of poverty or social exclusion

In 2025, Denmark's children (aged less than 18) at risk of poverty or social exclusion decreased by 6.9% compared to 2024, reaching 44.4.

Denmark accounts for 60.9% of the EU-27 total of 72.9.

Denmark ranks 24th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 10.4% (from 40.2 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_lm412, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.