PT · 2012 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
Portugal, 2012
In 2012, Portugal's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 0.6% compared to 2011, reaching 17.9%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 16.9%.
Portugal ranks 9th 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 1.1% (from 18.1% in 2007).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.