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According to the EU statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) 2023, based on 2022 income, 16.2% of the EU population were at risk of poverty, a slight decrease compared with the survey results in 2022 (16.5%, based on 2021 income). 

Since the EU-SILC income data references the previous year, Eurostat has created flash estimates of 2023 income to predict the evolution of the at risk of poverty rate for the upcoming EU-SILC 2024. The flash estimates show a very slight, non-statistically significant decrease in the at risk of poverty rate at the EU level based on 2023 income.

This information is based on EU-SILC indicators complemented with flash estimates produced as part of Eurostat’s experimental statistics on income inequality and poverty indicators.

At risk of poverty rate in the EU, 2018-2023, % of population. Line chart. See links to full dataset and Eurostat flash estimates below.

Source dataset: ilc_li02 and Eurostat flash estimates