Children (aged less than 18) at risk of poverty or social exclusion

In 2025, Portugal's children (aged less than 18) at risk of poverty or social exclusion decreased by 7.2% compared to 2024, reaching 57.6.

Portugal accounts for 79.0% of the EU-27 total of 72.9.

Portugal ranks 17th 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 12.3% (from 65.7 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_lm412, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.