European ranking
7 / 30
Improved by 1 positions since the previous year
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Current reading for At-risk-of-poverty rate in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: At-risk-of-poverty rate
Latest value
19.50 Percent of people
European ranking
7 / 30
Improved by 1 positions since the previous year
Compared with Europe
+3.3 puntos
Estonia is 3.3 points above the European average.
EU: 16.23
Affected population
≈ 0.27 million people affected
Year: 2025
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Indicator: At-risk-of-poverty rate
Granularity: Regions
No regional breakdown available for this indicator.
Estonia performs less favourably than the European benchmark on At-risk-of-poverty rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to clearer recent change. The wider topic context points to broader pressure.
In Estonia, Poverty risk is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 19.5% versus 16.2% in 2025, with a gap of 3.3 percentage points.
In Estonia, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 20.70% in 2020 to 19.50% in 2025. Although the primary period is broadly stable, the latest step, from 20.20% in 2024 to 19.50% in 2025, shows material improvement and provides a clearer recent signal.
In Estonia, the evidence for Poverty & Financial Vulnerability leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. Recent changes among related indicators are also mixed, with improvement in some and deterioration in others.