Europe

Highest Poverty risk regions in Europe

Compare European regions using the indicator At-risk-of-poverty rate.

Indicator: at_risk_of_poverty_rate Year: 2025 Granularity: nuts2

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Burden ranking

Regions most affected by poverty

Higher values indicate higher burden.

Highest burden: Ciudad de Melilla (Spain) | Lowest burden: Bucureşti-Ilfov (Romania)

Editorial summary

Key takeaways

  • Region value: 39.3
  • Country value: 19.5
  • Gap points: 19.8
  • Gap vs country (%): 101.5
  • Ciudad de Melilla recorded a value of 39.3, compared with 19.5 in Spain, a gap of 19.8 points.

Editorial detail

Editorial insights

deviation

Ciudad de Melilla versus Spain

Ciudad de Melilla recorded a value of 39.3, compared with 19.5 in Spain, a gap of 19.8 points.

change

Ciudad de Melilla vs 2024

Ciudad de Melilla recorded 39.3 in 2025, compared with 41.4 in 2024, a change of -2.1 points.

outlier

Ciudad de Melilla stands out in Europe

Ciudad de Melilla shows an unusually strong deviation for Poverty risk compared with its national benchmark.

Indicator: At-risk-of-poverty rate

Granularity: Regions

  1. 1

    Ciudad de Melilla

    39.30

    -2.10
  2. 2

    Sicilia

    38.40

    +3.10
  3. 3

    Ciudad de Ceuta

    37.00

    +2.40
  4. 4

    Campania

    35.60

    +0.10
  5. 5

    Calabria

    32.80

    -4.40
  6. 6

    Peloponnisos

    30.10

    +4.40
  7. 7

    Panonska Hrvatska

    28.60

    -1.10
  8. 8

    Sud-Vest Oltenia

    27.80

    -2.00
  9. 9

    Andalucía

    27.70

    -1.50
  10. 10

    Puglia

    27.60

    -3.30
  11. 11

    Bremen

    27.50

    +1.60
  12. 12

    Yugoiztochen

    27.00

    +1.90
  13. 13

    Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki

    26.80

    +3.70
  14. 14

    Región de Murcia

    26.70

    +0.70
  15. 15

    Extremadura

    26.20

    -1.30
  16. 16

    Sardegna

    26.10

    +0.40
  17. 17

    Comunitat Valenciana

    26.00

    +1.20
  18. 18

    Castilla-La Mancha

    25.90

    -1.50
  19. 19

    Yuzhen tsentralen

    25.60

    -3.20
  20. 20

    Severozapaden

    25.30

    -1.00
  21. 21

    Sud-Est

    25.10

    -1.70
  22. 22

    Thessalia

    25.00

    +4.30
  23. 23

    Sterea Ellada

    24.60

    +4.00
  24. 24

    Kentriki Makedonia

    24.20

    -1.20
  25. 25

    Severen tsentralen

    23.50

    -1.00

Ranking highlights

2025 values. Changes compare 2025 vs 2024.

At-risk-of-poverty rate

Increase = worse Decrease = better

By level in 2025

Top 5 regions

2025 values

  1. #1 Ciudad de Melilla 39.30
  2. #2 Sicilia 38.40
  3. #3 Ciudad de Ceuta 37.00
  4. #4 Campania 35.60
  5. #5 Calabria 32.80

Bottom 5 regions

2025 values

  1. #198 Bucureşti-Ilfov 2.70
  2. #197 Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano / Bozen 4.60
  3. #196 Valle dAosta / Vallée dAoste 5.00
  4. #195 Prov. West-Vlaanderen 5.60
  5. #194 Prov. Vlaams-Brabant 5.80

By change (2025 vs 2024)

Largest increase vs previous year

2025 vs 2024

  1. #1 Ipeiros +6.80
  2. #2 Liguria +6.30
  3. #3 Trier +6.00
  4. #4 Nord-Norge +5.70
  5. #5 Abruzzo +4.50

Largest decrease vs previous year

2025 vs 2024

  1. #1 Dytiki Ellada -7.60
  2. #2 Voreio Aigaio -7.50
  3. #3 Molise -7.50
  4. #4 Região Autónoma dos Açores -6.90
  5. #5 Dytiki Makedonia -5.70