European Union - Relative median poverty risk gap was 22.00% in December of 2025, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for European Union - Relative median poverty risk gap - last updated from the EUROSTAT on June of 2026. Historically, European Union - Relative median poverty risk gap reached a record high of 25.40% in December of 2016 and a record low of 22.00% in December of 2025.



Relative Median Poverty Risk Gap
Country Last Previous Unit Reference
Latvia 29.90 28.70 % Dec 2025
Croatia 28.00 27.80 % Dec 2025
Spain 26.90 27.90 % Dec 2025
Lithuania 26.00 25.50 % Dec 2025
Bulgaria 25.10 21.10 % Dec 2025
Italy 24.60 26.00 % Dec 2025
Hungary 24.40 26.60 % Dec 2025
Sweden 23.10 23.40 % Dec 2025
Euro Area 23.00 22.60 % Dec 2025
Portugal 22.60 25.70 % Dec 2025
Malta 22.50 24.70 % Dec 2025
Austria 22.00 21.80 % Dec 2025
Germany 21.70 20.40 % Dec 2025
France 20.60 18.80 % Dec 2025
Slovakia 20.50 25.00 % Dec 2025
Estonia 20.40 18.80 % Dec 2025
Denmark 20.30 18.10 % Dec 2025
Luxembourg 18.60 19.00 % Dec 2025
Cyprus 18.10 17.90 % Dec 2025
Slovenia 17.40 18.80 % Dec 2025
Czech Republic 16.70 18.20 % Dec 2025
Ireland 16.50 14.90 % Dec 2025
Netherlands 16.00 17.30 % Dec 2025
Belgium 14.60 15.90 % Dec 2025

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