At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex

In 2010, Poland's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 2.9% compared to 2009, reaching 17.6%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 16.5%.

Poland ranks 10th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 14.1% (from 20.5% in 2005).

Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.