EU countries by in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate

Romania had the highest in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate of 27 EU countries in 2016, at 18.9%. Finland had the lowest, at 3.1%. The median was 8.3% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 9.8%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest18.9Romania

Lowest3.1Finland

Median8.327 EU countries

European Union (27)9.8History

Map of EU countries, 2016

Under 5.6
5.6 to 7.2
7.2 to 9.1
9.1 to 11
11 and over

%, 2016. Source: Eurostat, In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate, employed persons aged 18 or over (ilc_iw01). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2016

%. Source: Eurostat, In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate, employed persons aged 18 or over (ilc_iw01). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2016 (%)	Change on 2015
1	Romania	18.9	+0.1 pts
2	Greece	14.1	+0.7 pts
3	Spain	13.1	0 pts
4	Italy	11.7	+0.2 pts
5	Bulgaria	11.4	+3.7 pts
6	Luxembourg Series break	10.9	-0.7 pts
6	Portugal	10.9	0 pts
8	Poland	10.8	-0.4 pts
9	Estonia	9.6	-0.4 pts
9	Hungary	9.6	+0.3 pts
11	Germany	9.5	-0.2 pts
12	Lithuania	8.5	-1.4 pts
13	Austria	8.3	+0.4 pts
13	Latvia	8.3	-0.9 pts
15	Cyprus	8.2	-0.9 pts
16	France	7.9	+0.4 pts
17	Sweden	6.7	-1.3 pts
18	Slovakia	6.5	+0.5 pts
19	Slovenia	6.1	-0.6 pts
20	Malta	5.9	+0.4 pts
21	Croatia	5.6	-0.3 pts
21	Netherlands Series break	5.6	+0.6 pts
23	Denmark	5.3	-0.2 pts
24	Ireland	5.1	+0.2 pts
25	Belgium	4.8	+0.2 pts
26	Czechia	3.8	-0.2 pts
27	Finland	3.1	-0.4 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

Employed people aged 18 or over whose equivalised disposable income is below 60% of the national median after social transfers, as a percentage of all employed people aged 18 or over. People count as employed when they worked for more than half of the income reference year.

Poverty is measured on household income, so a worker can be counted as at risk of poverty because of the size or income of the household. From the EU statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC). Income refers to the previous calendar year in most countries. Eurostat flags series breaks; they are stored as status break.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate, employed persons aged 18 or over (ilc_iw01). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_iw01/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate, employed persons aged 18 or over (ilc_iw01) (EU countries by in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_iw01/default/table

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In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate, employed persons aged 18 or over (ilc_iw01), EU countries by in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate, 2016. Eurostat, European Commission, 5 Oct. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_iw01/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/in-work-poverty-rate/eu-countries?period=2016. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate, employed persons aged 18 or over (ilc_iw01). EU countries by in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_iw01/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/in-work-poverty-rate/eu-countries?period=2016.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate, employed persons aged 18 or over (ilc_iw01), EU countries by in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_iw01/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/in-work-poverty-rate/eu-countries?period=2016 (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which EU country has the highest in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate?

Romania, with 18.9% in 2016, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate?

Finland, with 3.1% in 2016.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate, employed persons aged 18 or over (ilc_iw01). Retrieved 2026-10-18.