Data / At-risk-of-poverty rate / European Union (27)

At-risk-of-poverty rate in European Union (27)

At-risk-of-poverty rate in the European Union (27) was 16.3% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 0.1 pts from 2024.

202516.3%
Change on 2024+0.1 pts
Series high17.52016
Series low16.22023

At-risk-of-poverty rate in European Union (27), 2013 to 2025

CSVChart (SVG)

1616.51717.520132015201720192021202320252013: 16.8 %2014: 17.3 %2015: 17.4 %2016: 17.5 %2017: 16.9 %2018: 16.8 %2019: 16.5 %2020: 16.7 %2021: 16.8 %2022: 16.5 %2023: 16.2 %2024: 16.2 %2025: 16.3 %
%. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-07, published 2026-10-05.
All 13 values
Period%
202516.3
202416.2
202316.2
202216.5
202116.8
202016.7
201916.5
201816.8
201716.9
201617.5
201517.4
201417.3
201316.8

Rankings

Definition

Share of people with equivalised disposable income below 60% of the national median, after social transfers.

Relative measure used in the EU. For the United States use poverty_rate, the official US measure.

How to cite

Eurostat. At-risk-of-poverty rate (ilc_li02). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_li02/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

What is the latest at-risk-of-poverty rate in European Union (27)? Cite the source.
get_value {"indicator":"at_risk_of_poverty_rate","place":"eu27"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=at_risk_of_poverty_rate&place=eu27

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

What is the at-risk-of-poverty rate in European Union (27)?

At-risk-of-poverty rate in the European Union (27) was 16.3% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 0.1 pts from 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Eurostat, European Commission. At-risk-of-poverty rate (ilc_li02). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-07.

What was the highest at-risk-of-poverty rate in European Union (27)?

17.5% in 2016, the highest value since 2013 in this series.

More statistics for European Union (27)

All statistics for European Union (27)