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Greece: At-risk-of-poverty rate

An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.

Country: Greece Indicator: At-risk-of-poverty rate Year: 2025

Country overview

Greece

Current reading for At-risk-of-poverty rate in a European context.

Eurostat indicator: At-risk-of-poverty rate

Latest value

19.60 Percent of people

European ranking

5 / 30

Worsened by 4 positions since the previous year

Compared with Europe

+4.3 puntos

Greece is 4.3 points above the European average.

EU: 15.32

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Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 19.60 Percent of people Europe benchmark: 16.23 Percent of people

Internal regions

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Indicator: At-risk-of-poverty rate

Granularity: Regions

  1. 1

    Peloponnisos

    +53.60

    30.10

  2. 2

    Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki

    +36.70

    26.80

  3. 3

    Thessalia

    +27.60

    25.00

  4. 4

    Sterea Ellada

    +25.50

    24.60

  5. 5

    Kentriki Makedonia

    +23.50

    24.20

  6. 6

    Dytiki Ellada

    +17.30

    23.00

  7. 7

    Voreio Aigaio

    +14.80

    22.50

  8. 8

    Ionia Nisia

    +14.30

    22.40

  9. 9

    Ipeiros

    +12.20

    22.00

  10. 10

    Dytiki Makedonia

    +10.70

    21.70

  11. 11

    Notio Aigaio

    -8.20

    18.00

  12. 12

    Attiki

    -30.10

    13.70

  13. 13

    Kriti

    -35.20

    12.70

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Greece performs less favourably than the European benchmark on At-risk-of-poverty rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context points to broader pressure. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Greece

In Greece, Poverty risk is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 19.6% versus 16.2% in 2025, with a gap of 3.4 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Greece, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 17.70% in 2020 to 19.60% in 2025. The latest value changes little from 19.60% in 2024, indicating a pause in the previous deterioration.

Regional differences in Greece

In Greece, Poverty risk shows noticeable regional variation. Across 13 comparable regions, Peloponnisos records the highest value (30.1%) and Kriti the lowest (12.7%), a gap of 17.4 percentage points.

Reading within the topic

In Greece, the evidence for Poverty & Financial Vulnerability leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards deterioration and warrant monitoring.