At-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex

In 2010, Portugal's at-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex decreased by 2.2% compared to 2009, reaching 67.2.

Portugal accounts for 106.2% of the EU-27 total of 63.3.

Portugal ranks 9th 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 5.5% (from 71.1 in 2005).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_spi110, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.