# EU countries by at risk of poverty or social exclusion rate (AROPE), 2025

All 27 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `at_risk_of_poverty_or_social_exclusion_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People who are at risk of poverty (equivalised disposable income below 60% of the national median after social transfers), severely materially and socially deprived, or living in a household with very low work intensity, as a percentage of the total population. Each person is counted once even if more than one condition applies.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion, percentage of the total population (ilc_peps01n) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_peps01n/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- Citation: Eurostat. Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion, percentage of the total population (ilc_peps01n). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_peps01n/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-18.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/at-risk-of-poverty-or-social-exclusion-rate/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Bulgaria | 29 |
| 2 | Greece | 27.5 |
| 3 | Romania | 27.4 |
| 4 | Lithuania | 26.3 |
| 5 | Spain | 25.7 |
| 6 | Latvia | 24.7 |
| 7 | Italy | 22.6 |
| 8 | Estonia | 21.8 |
| 9 | Germany | 21.2 |
| 10 | France | 20.8 |
| 11 | Croatia | 20.7 |
| 12 | Hungary | 19.5 |
| 13 | Malta | 19.4 |
| 14 | Ireland | 18.8 |
| 15 | Austria | 18.6 |
| 15 | Portugal | 18.6 |
| 15 | Sweden | 18.6 |
| 18 | Luxembourg | 18.2 |
| 19 | Denmark | 17.9 |
| 20 | Finland | 17.2 |
| 21 | Cyprus | 17.1 |
| 22 | Slovakia | 16.7 |
| 23 | Belgium | 16.5 |
| 24 | Netherlands | 15.8 |
| 25 | Slovenia | 15.5 |
| 26 | Poland | 15 |
| 27 | Czechia | 11.5 |