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

In 2019, Portugal's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 0.0% compared to 2018, reaching 16.6%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 15.9%.

Portugal ranks 11th 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 12.2% (from 18.9% in 2014).

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