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

In 2024, Portugal's at-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex decreased by 14.0% compared to 2023, reaching 53.4.

Portugal accounts for 92.2% of the EU-27 total of 57.9.

Portugal ranks 14th 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 3.8% (from 55.5 in 2019).

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