European Union - Relative median poverty risk gap was 22.70% in December of 2024, 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 September of 2025. Historically, European Union - Relative median poverty risk gap reached a record high of 25.40% in December of 2016 and a record low of 22.70% in December of 2024.



Relative Median Poverty Risk Gap
Country Last Previous Unit Reference
Latvia 28.70 26.90 % Dec 2024
Spain 27.90 26.20 % Dec 2024
Croatia 27.80 27.60 % Dec 2024
Italy 26.00 23.80 % Dec 2024
Portugal 25.70 25.60 % Dec 2024
Lithuania 25.50 24.40 % Dec 2024
Slovakia 25.00 29.90 % Dec 2024
Sweden 23.40 24.00 % Dec 2024
Greece 23.30 22.50 % Dec 2024
Malta 22.90 23.90 % Dec 2024
Euro Area 22.60 22.20 % Dec 2024
Austria 21.80 20.50 % Dec 2024
Poland 21.00 20.50 % Dec 2024
Germany 20.40 21.50 % Dec 2024
Luxembourg 19.00 17.20 % Dec 2024
Slovenia 18.80 18.10 % Dec 2024
France 18.80 19.50 % Dec 2024
Czech Republic 18.20 18.70 % Dec 2024
Cyprus 17.90 15.20 % Dec 2024
Netherlands 17.30 17.40 % Dec 2024
Belgium 15.60 14.00 % Dec 2024
Ireland 14.90 15.70 % Dec 2024

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