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

In 2021, Portugal's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 15.0% compared to 2020, reaching 19.2%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 17.5%.

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 fallen by 2.0% (from 19.6% in 2016).

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