CEE: poverty rates 2022

In all Central and Eastern European countries, the percentage of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion decreased in the observed period. However, one-third of the population in Romania (34.4 percent) and Bulgaria (32.2 percent) was at risk of poverty or social exclusion. On the other hand, Czechia (11.8 percent) and Slovenia (13.3) noted the lowest share in 2022.

People at risk of poverty or social exclusion in selected countries of Central and Eastern Europe from 2015 to 2022

Characteristic	EU27	Bulgaria	Czechia	Estonia	Croatia	Latvia	Lithuania	Hungary	Poland	Romania	Slovenia	Slovakia	Serbia
2022	21.6%	32.2%	11.8%	25.2%	19.9%	26%	24.6%	18.4%	15.9%	34.4%	13.3%	16.5%	28.1%
2021	21.7%	31.7%	10.7%	22.2%	20.9%	26.1%	23.5%	19.4%	16.8%	34.5%	13.2%	15.6%	28.4%
2020	21.6%	33.6%	11.5%	22.8%	20.5%	25.1%	24.5%	19.4%	17%	35.6%	14.3%	13.8%	29.8%
2019	21.1%	33.2%	12.1%	23.7%	20.8%	26.7%	25.5%	20%	17.9%	36.1%	13.7%	14.9%	31.1%
2018	21.7%	33.2%	11.8%	23.6%	22.1%	28.5%	28.5%	20.6%	18.2%	38.7%	15.4%	15.2%	34%
2017	22.4%	38%	12.1%	23.3%	23.7%	28.5%	29.8%	25.9%	18.7%	42.5%	16.6%	15.8%	39.5%
2016	23.7%	41.1%	12.4%	23.1%	23.5%	28.2%	30%	28.6%	20.6%	46%	16.9%	17.1%	30%
2015	24%	43.4%	13%	23.6%	24.4%	30%	29.4%	30.7%	22.5%	44.5%	17.7%	17.3%	41.1%

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March 2024

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CEE

Survey time period

2015 to 2022

Supplementary notes

The collection "People at risk of poverty or social exclusion" hosts main indicator on risk of poverty or social inclusion, AROPE, which is the main indicator to monitor the EU 2030 target on poverty and social exclusion and was the headline indicator to monitor the EU 2020 Strategy poverty target. The collection also includes the three components of AROPE, namely the at-risk-of-poverty (AROP) indicator, persons living in households with very low work intensity (LWI) indicator, and the severe material and social deprivation rate (SMSD).

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