PT · 2019 · tespm150
Persistent-at-risk-of-poverty rate
Portugal, 2019
In 2019, Portugal's persistent-at-risk-of-poverty rate increased by 26.6% compared to 2018, reaching 20.0.
Portugal accounts for 125.8% of the EU-27 total of 15.9.
Portugal ranks 6th 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 38.9% (from 14.4 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm150, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.