A picture of poverty across the EU

More than one in five EU citizens are at risk of poverty or social exclusion, with the highest rates in Greece, Romania and Bulgaria


Italy has highest number of people at risk of poverty, up from 15m to 18m since 2008 crisis, with over 4m people living in absolute poverty


AT RISK OF POVERTY OR SOCIAL EXCLUSION, 2017 (latest figures, %)
Bulgaria	38.9
Romania		35.7
Greece		34.8
Lithuania	29.6
Italy		28.9
Latvia		28.2
Spain		26.6
Croatia		26.4
Hungary		25.6
Cyprus		25.2
Portugal	23.5
Estonia		23.4
Ireland		22.7
UK		22.0
Luxembourg	21.5
Belgium		20.3
Poland		19.5
Malta		19.2
Germany		19.0
Austria		18.1
Sweden		17.7
Denmark		17.2
France		17.1
Slovenia	17.1
Netherlands	17.0
Slovakia	16.3
Finland		15.7
Czech Republic 	12.2
EU	115m people	22.4


Sources: Eurostat, EAPN, The Borgen Project 
Picture: Getty Images 
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