Poverty in the UK: Quarter of people at risk, which is higher than the European average
The map below shows the proportion and amount of people at risk of falling into poverty according to Eurostat's measures. Less than 20 per cent of the population in countries shaded blue is at risk. Yellow countries have a proportion of more than 20 per cent, up to the EU average of 24.5. Orange and red countries are higher than the average. The bubbles show the actual number of persons at risk.
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The country where poverty poses least threat was found to be the Czech Republic, where a comparatively small 14.6 per cent were at risk in 2013. The Netherlands, Finland and Sweden also came out with more promising results than most.
But all of these countries still went through a deterioration of the situation between 2008 and 2013. In fact, only eight countries in the bloc of 28 did not experience an increase in poverty risk. Most noticeable of these was Poland, where risk went down from 30.5% in 2008 to 25.8% in 2013. Others included Austria, Romania and Finland.