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

In 2006, Portugal's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 5.0% compared to 2005, reaching 19.1%.

Portugal ranks 9th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 4.5% (from 20.0% in 2001).

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