Poverty: EU still far from its own targe • Table.Briefings

In Germany, the proportion of people at risk of poverty fell slightly year-on-year to 21.1% (2023: 21.3%).

There was a slight decrease in the number of people at risk of poverty in the EU in 2024. However, the EU still falls well short of its self-imposed target.

Last year, 93.3 million people (21.0% of the population) in the EU were at risk of poverty and social exclusion. This was announced by the EU statistics authority Eurostat on Wednesday. This is a slight decrease of 0.3% and 700,000 people compared to the previous year (2023: 21.3% of the population, 94.6 million people). However, the EU still falls far short of its self-imposed target of reducing poverty by 15 million people by 2030.

Poverty: EU still far from its own target.

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