1 in 4 children in the EU at risk of poverty or social exclusion: Among the EU countries, Romania had the highest rate of children at risk of poverty (41.5%) in 2020, followed by Bulgaria (36.2%), Spain (31.8%) and Greece (31.5%), while Slovenia (12.1%) and Czechia (12.9%) had the lowest rates

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  1. In 2020, 24.2% of children (less than 18 years old) in the EU were at risk of poverty or social exclusion compared with 21.7% of adults (18–64) and 20.4% of older people (65 or over).

    Factors influencing the risk of poverty or social exclusion in the EU in 2020 included:

    * work intensity: 71.9% of the population aged less than 60 years living in very low work intensity households with dependent children were at risk of poverty;
    * level of education: 50.5% of children whose parents’ level of education was low were at risk of poverty compared with 7.7% of children whose parents’ level of education was high;
    * type of household: households composed of a single person with dependent children (42.1%), single-person households (33.2%) and households composed of two adults with three or more dependent children (29.6 %) had the highest risk of poverty or social exclusion;
    * migrant background: children with at least one parent with a migrant background were at a greater risk of poverty than children whose parents were both native-born (32.9% compared with 15.3%);
    * living conditions: 14.1% of households composed of a single person with dependent children were severely materially and socially deprived compared with 7.5% of all households with dependent children.

    **Children most at risk in Romania, least in Slovenia and Czechia**

    Among the EU countries, Romania recorded the highest rate of children at risk of poverty or social exclusion (41.5%) in 2020, followed by Bulgaria (36.2%), Spain (31.8%) and Greece (31.5%).

    In contrast, Slovenia (12.1%) and Czechia (12.9%) had the lowest rates, ahead of Denmark (13.5%) and Finland (14.5%).

  3. Low work intensity households, low education and many kids living in poverty. Well something is pretty obvious for certain countries. Although very surprising for rich countries like Austria being ahead of us.

    Single parent households, aka single moms. Well no wonder they always ask for money on online dating sites.

  7. Germany and Luxemburg in the very top rank, just after the poorest members and those hit the hardest during the euro crisis…

  13. We have a big problem here with the Roma population which is ever hardly controlled and really poor. Obviously they make kids, those kids are just as poor and they add up to the poverty rate. Not saying that there aren’t Romanian kids that are poor but the poverty rate in Roma populations is skyrocketing and has been for a good couple of years.

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