At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys

In 2009, Portugal's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 9.9% compared to 2008, reaching 20.1%.

Portugal ranks 12th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 30.4% (from 28.9% in 2004).

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