At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold and educational attainment level - EU-SILC survey by country
Countries reporting
38
Highest
40.3
Bulgaria
Lowest
2.2
Iceland
Median
15.1
Years covered
23
2003–2025
Data points
766
What the numbers show
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold and educational attainment level - EU-SILC survey is currently reported for 38 countries. The highest value is 40.3 in Bulgaria; the lowest is 2.2 in Iceland.
The median across all reporting countries is 15.1, and the mean is 15.83.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18.
Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Austria (up 93.2%), and the largest decrease in Norway (down 45.1%).
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold and educational: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgaria | 40.3 | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 1 | Türkiye | 25.3 | 2025 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 2 | Serbia | 28 | 2025 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 3 | Montenegro | 26.5 | 2024 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 4 | Romania | 26.3 | 2025 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 5 | North Macedonia | 26.1 | 2024 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 6 | Lithuania | 25.5 | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 7 | Slovakia | 23 | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 8 | Hungary | 22.9 | 2025 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 9 | Latvia | 21.9 | 2025 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 10 | Croatia | 20.2 | 2025 | down 12.6% | flat |
| 11 | Estonia | 17.7 | 2025 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 12 | Greece | 16.7 | 2025 | down 27.4% | rising |
| 13 | United Kingdom | 16.5 | 2018 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 14 | Italy | 16.4 | 2025 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 15 | Cyprus | 16.1 | 2025 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 16 | Germany | 15.2 | 2025 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 16 | Spain | 15.2 | 2025 | down 30.3% | rising |
| 16 | European Union (EU6-1958, EU9-1973, EU10-1981, EU12-1986, EU15-1995, EU25-2004, EU27-2007, EU28-2013, EU27-2020) | 15.2 | 2024 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 19 | France | 15 | 2025 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 20 | Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) | 14.3 | 2024 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 20 | Austria | 14.3 | 2025 | up 93.2% | rising |
| 22 | Albania | 14.1 | 2024 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 23 | Poland | 13.9 | 2025 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 24 | Sweden | 13.5 | 2025 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 25 | Portugal | 13 | 2025 | down 27.4% | rising |
| 26 | Czechia | 12.5 | 2025 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 27 | Switzerland | 11.4 | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 28 | Finland | 9.7 | 2025 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 29 | Malta | 8.7 | 2025 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 30 | Ireland | 7.5 | 2025 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 31 | Slovenia | 7.2 | 2025 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 32 | Denmark | 6.9 | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 33 | Luxembourg | 6.4 | 2025 | down 25.6% | rising |
| 34 | Belgium | 6.1 | 2025 | down 27.4% | flat |
| 35 | Netherlands | 5.2 | 2025 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 36 | Norway | 4.5 | 2025 | down 45.1% | rising |
| 37 | Iceland | 2.2 | 2022 | down 45.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.