In 2022, 95.3 million people in the European Union (22% of the population) were at risk of poverty or social exclusion, Eurostat, EU’s statistical office, reported Wednesday.
This means that they lived in households experiencing at least one of the three poverty and social exclusion risks: risk of poverty, severe material and social deprivation, or living in a household with very low work intensity.
The figure remained relatively stable compared with 2021 (95.4 million, 22% of the population).
The shares of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion varied across EU member states.
The highest values were reported in Romania (34%), Bulgaria (32%), Greece and Spain (both 26%).
On the other hand, the lowest shares were recorded in Czech Republic (12%), Slovenia (13%) and Poland (16%), it noted.
Source: Kuwait News Agency