ilc_peps01n · 2015–2025

Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex

Eurostat ilc_peps01n — Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex. Data range: 2015 to 2025.

At a glance

In 2025, the EU-27 figure for persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex was 20.9%.

That is a 0.5% fell versus 2024 (21.0%).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 2.8% lower.

Across member states, Bulgaria reported the highest value (29.0%, 2025) and Czechia the lowest (11.5%, 2025) — a ratio of 2.5× between the two ends of the range.

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset ilc_peps01n; every value links back to the canonical source.

EU-27 · 2025
20.9%
HIGHEST · 2025
Bulgaria
29.0%
LOWEST · 2025
Czechia
11.5%

Map · 2025

Finland: 17.2 FI 17.2 Sweden: 18.6 SE 18.6 Denmark: 17.9 DK 17.9 Estonia: 21.8 EE 21.8 Ireland: 18.8 IE 18.8 Netherlands: 15.8 NL 15.8 Germany: 21.2 DE 21.2 Poland: 15.0 PL 15.0 Latvia: 24.7 LV 24.7 Belgium: 16.5 BE 16.5 Luxembourg: 18.2 LU 18.2 Czechia: 11.5 CZ 11.5 Slovakia: 16.7 SK 16.7 Lithuania: 26.3 LT 26.3 France: 20.8 FR 20.8 Austria: 18.8 AT 18.8 Hungary: 19.5 HU 19.5 Romania: 27.4 RO 27.4 Portugal: 18.6 PT 18.6 Spain: 25.7 ES 25.7 Italy: 22.6 IT 22.6 Slovenia: 15.5 SI 15.5 Bulgaria: 29.0 BG 29.0 Cyprus: 17.1 CY 17.1 Malta: 19.4 MT 19.4 Croatia: 20.7 HR 20.7 Greece: 27.5 EL 27.5
11.5 29.0

Ranking · 2025

Bulgaria BG 29 Greece EL 27.5 Romania RO 27.4 Lithuania LT 26.3 Spain ES 25.7 Latvia LV 24.7 Italy IT 22.6 Estonia EE 21.8 Germany DE 21.2 European Union (27) EU 20.9 France FR 20.8 Croatia HR 20.7 Hungary HU 19.5 Malta MT 19.4 Austria AT 18.8 Ireland IE 18.8 Portugal PT 18.6 Sweden SE 18.6 Luxembourg LU 18.2 Denmark DK 17.9 Finland FI 17.2 Cyprus CY 17.1 Slovakia SK 16.7 Belgium BE 16.5 Netherlands NL 15.8 Slovenia SI 15.5 Poland PL 15 Czechia CZ 11.5
2025 ranking · 28 countries

Time series · top 12 countries + EU-27

15.58 23.61 31.65 39.69 47.72 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2024 2025 Bulgaria Greece Romania Lithuania Spain Latvia Italy Estonia Germany France Croatia Hungary European Union (27) Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex (pct) BG EL RO LT ES LV IT EE DE EU27_2020 FR HR HU
  • Bulgaria 29
  • Greece 27.5
  • Romania 27.4
  • Lithuania 26.3
  • Spain 25.7
  • Latvia 24.7
  • Italy 22.6
  • Estonia 21.8
  • Germany 21.2
  • France 20.8
  • Croatia 20.7
  • Hungary 19.5
  • European Union (27) 20.9

Country × year heatmap · all values

20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025 Austria AT Austria · 2015: 16.9 Austria · 2016: 17.2 Austria · 2017: 17.1 Austria · 2018: 16.8 Austria · 2019: 16.5 Austria · 2020: 16.7 Austria · 2021: 17.3 Austria · 2022: 17.5 Austria · 2023: 17.7 Austria · 2024: 16.9 Austria · 2025: 18.8 Belgium BE Belgium · 2015: 21.6 Belgium · 2016: 22.2 Belgium · 2017: 22.0 Belgium · 2018: 20.5 Belgium · 2019: 20.1 Belgium · 2020: 20.3 Belgium · 2021: 19.0 Belgium · 2022: 18.6 Belgium · 2023: 18.8 Belgium · 2024: 18.3 Belgium · 2025: 16.5 Bulgaria BG Bulgaria · 2015: 43.3 Bulgaria · 2016: 41.0 Bulgaria · 2017: 38.0 Bulgaria · 2018: 33.0 Bulgaria · 2019: 33.2 Bulgaria · 2020: 33.5 Bulgaria · 2021: 31.7 Bulgaria · 2022: 32.2 Bulgaria · 2023: 30.0 Bulgaria · 2024: 30.3 Bulgaria · 2025: 29.0 Croatia HR Croatia · 2015: 24.4 Croatia · 2016: 23.5 Croatia · 2017: 23.7 Croatia · 2018: 22.1 Croatia · 2019: 20.8 Croatia · 2020: 20.5 Croatia · 2021: 20.9 Croatia · 2022: 19.9 Croatia · 2023: 20.7 Croatia · 2024: 21.7 Croatia · 2025: 20.7 Cyprus CY Cyprus · 2015: 22.8 Cyprus · 2016: 22.6 Cyprus · 2017: 21.4 Cyprus · 2018: 19.1 Cyprus · 2019: 18.9 Cyprus · 2020: 18.2 Cyprus · 2021: 17.3 Cyprus · 2022: 17.5 Cyprus · 2023: 17.4 Cyprus · 2024: 17.1 Cyprus · 2025: 17.1 Czechia CZ Czechia · 2015: 13.0 Czechia · 2016: 12.4 Czechia · 2017: 12.1 Czechia · 2018: 11.8 Czechia · 2019: 12.1 Czechia · 2020: 11.5 Czechia · 2021: 10.7 Czechia · 2022: 11.8 Czechia · 2023: 12.0 Czechia · 2024: 11.3 Czechia · 2025: 11.5 Denmark DK Denmark · 2015: 18.6 Denmark · 2016: 17.5 Denmark · 2017: 17.8 Denmark · 2018: 17.5 Denmark · 2019: 17.3 Denmark · 2020: 16.8 Denmark · 2021: 17.3 Denmark · 2022: 17.1 Denmark · 2023: 17.9 Denmark · 2024: 18.0 Denmark · 2025: 17.9 Estonia EE Estonia · 2015: 23.6 Estonia · 2016: 23.1 Estonia · 2017: 23.3 Estonia · 2018: 23.6 Estonia · 2019: 23.7 Estonia · 2020: 22.8 Estonia · 2021: 22.2 Estonia · 2022: 25.2 Estonia · 2023: 24.2 Estonia · 2024: 22.2 Estonia · 2025: 21.8 Finland FI Finland · 2015: 16.9 Finland · 2016: 16.5 Finland · 2017: 16.0 Finland · 2018: 16.6 Finland · 2019: 14.5 Finland · 2020: 14.9 Finland · 2021: 14.2 Finland · 2022: 16.3 Finland · 2023: 15.8 Finland · 2024: 16.8 Finland · 2025: 17.2 France FR France · 2015: 18.4 France · 2016: 18.7 France · 2017: 17.8 France · 2018: 17.9 France · 2019: 18.8 France · 2020: 19.0 France · 2021: 19.0 France · 2022: 20.7 France · 2023: 20.4 France · 2024: 20.5 France · 2025: 20.8 Germany DE Germany · 2015: 20.0 Germany · 2016: 19.8 Germany · 2017: 18.8 Germany · 2018: 18.5 Germany · 2019: 17.3 Germany · 2020: 20.4 Germany · 2021: 21.0 Germany · 2022: 21.1 Germany · 2023: 21.3 Germany · 2024: 21.1 Germany · 2025: 21.2 Greece EL Greece · 2015: 32.4 Greece · 2016: 32.6 Greece · 2017: 32.2 Greece · 2018: 30.3 Greece · 2019: 29.0 Greece · 2020: 27.4 Greece · 2021: 28.3 Greece · 2022: 26.3 Greece · 2023: 26.1 Greece · 2024: 26.9 Greece · 2025: 27.5 Hungary HU Hungary · 2015: 30.6 Hungary · 2016: 28.6 Hungary · 2017: 25.9 Hungary · 2018: 20.6 Hungary · 2019: 21.1 Hungary · 2020: 19.4 Hungary · 2021: 19.6 Hungary · 2022: 18.8 Hungary · 2023: 19.7 Hungary · 2024: 19.3 Hungary · 2025: 19.5 Ireland IE Ireland · 2015: 25.4 Ireland · 2016: 23.8 Ireland · 2017: 22.4 Ireland · 2018: 20.8 Ireland · 2019: 20.2 Ireland · 2020: 19.1 Ireland · 2021: 19.6 Ireland · 2022: 19.6 Ireland · 2023: 19.2 Ireland · 2024: 17.1 Ireland · 2025: 18.8 Italy IT Italy · 2015: 28.4 Italy · 2016: 27.8 Italy · 2017: 25.9 Italy · 2018: 25.7 Italy · 2019: 24.6 Italy · 2020: 24.9 Italy · 2021: 25.2 Italy · 2022: 24.4 Italy · 2023: 22.8 Italy · 2024: 23.1 Italy · 2025: 22.6 Latvia LV Latvia · 2015: 30.0 Latvia · 2016: 28.2 Latvia · 2017: 28.5 Latvia · 2018: 28.4 Latvia · 2019: 26.7 Latvia · 2020: 25.1 Latvia · 2021: 26.1 Latvia · 2022: 26.0 Latvia · 2023: 25.6 Latvia · 2024: 24.3 Latvia · 2025: 24.7 Lithuania LT Lithuania · 2015: 29.4 Lithuania · 2016: 30.0 Lithuania · 2017: 29.8 Lithuania · 2018: 28.5 Lithuania · 2019: 25.5 Lithuania · 2020: 24.5 Lithuania · 2021: 23.5 Lithuania · 2022: 24.6 Lithuania · 2023: 24.3 Lithuania · 2024: 25.8 Lithuania · 2025: 26.3 Luxembourg LU Luxembourg · 2015: 18.4 Luxembourg · 2016: 19.1 Luxembourg · 2017: 19.3 Luxembourg · 2018: 20.1 Luxembourg · 2019: 20.1 Luxembourg · 2020: 19.9 Luxembourg · 2021: 21.1 Luxembourg · 2022: 19.4 Luxembourg · 2023: 21.4 Luxembourg · 2024: 20.0 Luxembourg · 2025: 18.2 Malta MT Malta · 2015: 22.2 Malta · 2016: 20.2 Malta · 2017: 19.4 Malta · 2018: 19.2 Malta · 2019: 20.7 Malta · 2020: 19.9 Malta · 2021: 20.3 Malta · 2022: 20.1 Malta · 2023: 19.8 Malta · 2024: 19.6 Malta · 2025: 19.4 Netherlands NL Netherlands · 2015: 16.4 Netherlands · 2016: 16.3 Netherlands · 2017: 16.6 Netherlands · 2018: 16.5 Netherlands · 2019: 16.5 Netherlands · 2020: 16.0 Netherlands · 2021: 16.6 Netherlands · 2022: 16.5 Netherlands · 2023: 15.8 Netherlands · 2024: 15.4 Netherlands · 2025: 15.8 Poland PL Poland · 2015: 22.5 Poland · 2016: 20.6 Poland · 2017: 18.7 Poland · 2018: 18.2 Poland · 2019: 17.9 Poland · 2020: 17.0 Poland · 2021: 16.8 Poland · 2022: 15.9 Poland · 2023: 16.3 Poland · 2024: 16.0 Poland · 2025: 15.0 Portugal PT Portugal · 2015: 26.4 Portugal · 2016: 24.9 Portugal · 2017: 23.4 Portugal · 2018: 21.6 Portugal · 2019: 21.1 Portugal · 2020: 20.0 Portugal · 2021: 22.4 Portugal · 2022: 20.1 Portugal · 2023: 20.1 Portugal · 2024: 19.7 Portugal · 2025: 18.6 Romania RO Romania · 2015: 44.5 Romania · 2016: 46.0 Romania · 2017: 42.5 Romania · 2018: 38.7 Romania · 2019: 36.1 Romania · 2020: 35.6 Romania · 2021: 34.4 Romania · 2022: 34.4 Romania · 2023: 32.0 Romania · 2024: 27.9 Romania · 2025: 27.4 Slovakia SK Slovakia · 2015: 17.3 Slovakia · 2016: 17.1 Slovakia · 2017: 15.8 Slovakia · 2018: 15.2 Slovakia · 2019: 14.8 Slovakia · 2020: 13.8 Slovakia · 2021: 15.6 Slovakia · 2022: 16.5 Slovakia · 2023: 17.6 Slovakia · 2024: 18.3 Slovakia · 2025: 16.7 Slovenia SI Slovenia · 2015: 17.7 Slovenia · 2016: 16.9 Slovenia · 2017: 16.6 Slovenia · 2018: 15.4 Slovenia · 2019: 13.7 Slovenia · 2020: 14.3 Slovenia · 2021: 13.2 Slovenia · 2022: 13.3 Slovenia · 2023: 13.7 Slovenia · 2024: 14.4 Slovenia · 2025: 15.5 Spain ES Spain · 2015: 28.7 Spain · 2016: 28.8 Spain · 2017: 27.5 Spain · 2018: 27.3 Spain · 2019: 26.2 Spain · 2020: 27.0 Spain · 2021: 27.8 Spain · 2022: 26.0 Spain · 2023: 26.5 Spain · 2024: 25.8 Spain · 2025: 25.7 Sweden SE Sweden · 2015: 18.2 Sweden · 2016: 17.7 Sweden · 2017: 17.2 Sweden · 2018: 17.7 Sweden · 2019: 18.4 Sweden · 2020: 17.7 Sweden · 2021: 17.2 Sweden · 2022: 18.6 Sweden · 2023: 18.4 Sweden · 2024: 17.5 Sweden · 2025: 18.6
10.7 46.0

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