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

In 2016, Portugal's at-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex decreased by 9.7% compared to 2015, reaching 67.2.

Portugal accounts for 104.7% of the EU-27 total of 64.2.

Portugal ranks 7th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 0.0% (from 67.2 in 2011).

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