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Poland: Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion

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

Country: Poland Indicator: Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion Year: 2025

Country overview

Poland

Current reading for Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion in a European context.

Eurostat indicator: Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion

Latest value

15.00 Percent of people

European ranking

29 / 30

Compared with Europe

-5.0 puntos

Poland is 5.0 points below the European average.

EU: 20.04

Affected population

≈ 5.47 million people affected

Year: 2025

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Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 15.00 Percent of people Europe benchmark: 20.40 Percent of people

Internal regions

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Indicator: Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion

Granularity: Regions

  1. 1

    Podlaskie

    +56.70

    23.50

  2. 2

    Kujawsko-Pomorskie

    +42.70

    21.40

  3. 3

    Warmińsko-Mazurskie

    +30.70

    19.60

  4. 4

    Świętokrzyskie

    +30.70

    19.60

  5. 5

    Podkarpackie

    +22.70

    18.40

  6. 6

    Lubelskie

    +20.00

    18.00

  7. 7

    Wielkopolskie

    +13.30

    17.00

  8. 8

    Łódzkie

    +12.00

    16.80

  9. 9

    Pomorskie

    +12.00

    16.80

  10. 10

    Mazowiecki regionalny

    +9.30

    16.40

  11. 11

    Zachodniopomorskie

    +2.00

    15.30

  12. 12

    Małopolskie

    -0.70

    14.90

  13. 13

    Opolskie

    -7.30

    13.90

  14. 14

    Lubuskie

    -11.30

    13.30

  15. 15

    Dolnośląskie

    -30.00

    10.50

  16. 16

    Śląskie

    -33.30

    10.00

  17. 17

    Warszawski stołeczny

    -52.70

    7.10

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Poland performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Poland

In Poland, Poverty or exclusion stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 15.0% versus 20.4% in 2025, a large gap of 5.4 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Poland, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 17.00% in 2020 to 15.00% in 2025. The latest step, from 16.00% in 2024 to 15.00% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.

Regional differences in Poland

In Poland, regional differences in Poverty or exclusion are pronounced. Across 17 comparable regions, Podlaskie records the highest value (23.5%) and Warszawski stołeczny the lowest (7.1%), a gap of 16.4 percentage points.

Reading within the topic

In Poland, the evidence for Poverty & Financial Vulnerability leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.