At-risk-of-poverty rate by sex

In 2010, Luxembourg's at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex decreased by 2.7% compared to 2009, reaching 43.5.

Luxembourg accounts for 87.9% of the EU-27 total of 49.5.

Luxembourg ranks 19th 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 5.8% (from 41.1 in 2005).

Source: Eurostat dataset tessi010, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.