Eurostat’s definition of those ‘at risk of poverty or social exclusion’ refers to the situation of people either at risk of poverty, or severely materially deprived or living in a household with a very low work intensity.
The at-risk-of-poverty rate is the share of people with an equivalised disposable income (after social transfer) below the at-risk-of-poverty threshold, which is set at 60% of the national median equivalised disposable income after social transfers.
The material deprivation rate is an indicator that expresses the inability to afford some items considered by most people to be desirable or even necessary to lead an adequate life.
The indicator concerning persons living in households with low work intensity is defined as the number of persons living in a household having a work intensity (ratio of number of worked months and months that could have been worked) below a threshold set at 0.20.
The reduction of the number of persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion in the EU is one of the key targets of the Europe 2020 strategy.
Austria, Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and the UK did not provide data broken down by region, therefore the national value has been represented on the map.
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