Children (aged less than 18) at risk of poverty or social exclusion

In 2025, the EU-27 figure for children (aged less than 18) at risk of poverty or social exclusion was 72.9 .

That is a 0.4% rose versus 2024 (72.6).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 0.8% higher.

Across member states, Spain reported the highest value (101.4, 2025) and Slovenia the lowest (37.5, 2025) — a ratio of 2.7× between the two ends of the range.

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset tepsr_lm412; every value links back to the canonical source.