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In 2023, almost 20 million children in the EU were at risk of poverty or social exclusion. This figure represented 24.8% of children under the age of 18, remaining relatively stable compared with 2022, with only a slight increase of 0.1 percentage points (pp).
At the country level, in 2023, the highest values were reported in Romania (39.0%), Spain (34.5%) and Bulgaria (33.9%). In contrast, Slovenia (10.7%), Finland (13.8%) and the Netherlands (14.3%) registered the lowest shares.
Source dataset: ilc_peps01n
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