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

In 2016, Portugal's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 2.5% compared to 2015, reaching 19.6%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 18.2%.

Portugal 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 grown by 6.5% (from 18.4% in 2011).

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