People at risk of poverty or social exclusion by sex

In 2025, Portugal's people at risk of poverty or social exclusion by sex decreased by 5.6% compared to 2024, reaching 37.2.

Portugal accounts for 89.0% of the EU-27 total of 41.8.

Portugal ranks 16th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 7.0% (from 40.0 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_lm410, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.