Malta Just Below EU Average For People Being At Risk Of Poverty
A new analysis of European countries and the risk their citizens have at being socially excluded or falling into poverty has found that Malta is below the EU average.
In 2021, 95.4 million people in the EU, representing 21.7% of the population, were at risk of poverty or social exclusion – that is, lived in households experiencing at least one of the three poverty and social exclusion risks (risk of poverty, severe material and social deprivation and/or living in a household with very low work intensity).
This is a slight increase compared with 2020 (94.8 million; 21.6% of the population).
The new data, published by Eurostat, found that among the 95.4 million people in the EU that faced the risk of poverty or social exclusion, some 5.9 million (1.3% of the total population) lived in households experiencing all three poverty and social exclusion risks simultaneously.
In its findings, Malta ranked four places below EU average, between Germany and Ireland.
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In 2021, 73.7 million people in the EU were at risk of poverty, while 27.0 million were severely materially and socially deprived, and 29.3 million lived in a household with low work intensity.
The risk of poverty or social exclusion varied across the EU Member States. The highest shares of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion were recorded in Romania (34%), Bulgaria (32%), Greece and Spain (both 28%).
In contrast, the lowest shares of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion were recorded in Czechia (11%), Slovenia (13%) and Finland (14%).
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