[E-rundbrief] Info 1385 - Poverty-statistic in EU

[Matthias Reichl]

E-Rundbrief - Info 1385 - Poverty-statistic in EU.

Bad Ischl, 4.12.2014

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Matthias Reichl

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Poverty-statistic in EU

Almost 25% of the EU’s population, or 122.6 million people, were at 
risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2013, the EU’s statistics 
office Eurostat said on Tuesday (4 November 2014).

According to Eurostat, the proportion of persons at risk of poverty or 
social exclusion in the 28 member states in 2013 (24.5%) has slightly 
decreased compared with 2012 (24.8%), but is higher than in 2008 (23.8%).

Eurostat identifies a person ‘at risk of poverty’ as someone who is 
living in a household with an equivalised disposable income below the 
risk-of-poverty threshold, which is set at 60% of the national median 
equivalised disposable income (after social transfers).

In 2013, more than a third of the population was at risk of poverty or 
social exclusion in five member states, including Bulgaria (48.0%), 
Romania (40.4%), Greece (35.7%), Latvia (35.1%) and Hungary (33.5%).

The lowest shares of persons being at risk of poverty or social 
exclusion were at the same time recorded in the Czech Republic 
(14.6%), the Netherlands (15.9%), Finland (16.0%) and Sweden (16.4%).

The only countries which saw decreases in the number of people at risk 
of poverty or social exclusion being were Poland (from 30.5% in 2008 
to 25.8% in 2013), Romania (from 44.2% to 40.4%), Austria (from 20.6% 
to 18.8%), Finland (from 17.4% to 16.0%), Slovakia (from 20.6% to 
19.8%), the Czech Republic (from 15.3% to 14.6%) and France (from 
18.5% to 18.1%). The share remained stable in Belgium.

In related statistics, 9.6% of the EU population were considered as 
‘severely materially deprived’, meaning they were struggling to pay 
their rent or utility bills and could not afford taking one week 
holiday from home.

The reduction of the number of persons at risk of poverty or social 
exclusion in the EU is one of the key targets of the Europe 2020 strategy.

Source: 
http://www.euractiv.com/sections/social-europe-jobs/eurostat-one-out-four-eu-citizens-risk-poverty-309749

Eurostat 2014 : 25% – More than 120 million persons at risk of poverty 
or social exclusion in 2013
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/3-04112014-BP/EN/3-04112014-BP-EN.PDF

Eurostat 2010: 17% of EU27 population at risk of poverty
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/3-18012010-AP/EN/3-18012010-AP-EN.PDF


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