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

In 2025, Portugal's at-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex decreased by 1.1% compared to 2024, reaching 52.8.

Portugal accounts for 89.8% of the EU-27 total of 58.8.

Portugal ranks 13th 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 7.9% (from 57.3 in 2020).

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