Europe

Highest Poverty or exclusion regions in Europe

Compare European regions using the indicator Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion.

Indicator: people_at_risk_of_poverty_or_social_exclusion Year: 2025 Granularity: nuts2

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Burden ranking

Regions most affected by poverty

Higher values indicate higher burden.

Highest burden: Guyane (France) | Lowest burden: Bratislavský kraj (Slovakia)

Editorial summary

Key takeaways

  • Region value: 54.8
  • Country value: 20.8
  • Gap points: 34.0
  • Gap vs country (%): 163.5
  • Guyane recorded a value of 54.8, compared with 20.8 in France, a gap of 34.0 points.

Editorial detail

Editorial insights

deviation

Guyane versus France

Guyane recorded a value of 54.8, compared with 20.8 in France, a gap of 34.0 points.

change

Guyane vs 2024

Guyane recorded 54.8 in 2025, compared with 59.5 in 2024, a change of -4.7 points.

outlier

Guyane stands out in Europe

Guyane shows an unusually strong deviation for Poverty or exclusion compared with its national benchmark.

Indicator: Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion

Granularity: Regions

  1. 1

    Guyane

    54.80

    -4.70
  2. 2

    Calabria

    45.30

    -3.50
  3. 3
    ▲ 4

    Sicilia

    44.00

    +3.10
  4. 4
    ▼ 1

    Ciudad de Melilla

    43.70

    -0.80
  5. 5
    ▲ 5

    La Réunion

    42.30

    +2.90
  6. 6
    ▼ 2

    Campania

    41.20

    -2.30
  7. 7
    ▼ 2

    Ciudad de Ceuta

    40.80

    -1.40
  8. 8
    ▲ 1

    Guadeloupe

    38.40

    -1.00
  9. 9
    ▲ 20

    Peloponnisos

    38.10

    +5.80
  10. 10
    ▼ 2

    Sud-Est

    38.00

    -1.70
  11. 11
    ▲ 9

    Sud-Vest Oltenia

    36.00

    +0.90
  12. 12
    ▲ 5

    Yugoiztochen

    35.80

    +0.00
  13. 13
    ▼ 7

    Ionia Nisia

    35.70

    -5.70
  14. 14
    ▲ 7

    Bremen

    35.40

    +0.50
  15. 15
    ▼ 3

    Puglia

    35.00

    -2.70
  16. 16
    ▲ 2

    Andalucía

    34.70

    -0.90
  17. 17
    ▼ 6

    Yuzhen tsentralen

    34.40

    -3.90
  18. 18
    ▲ 4

    Castilla-La Mancha

    34.00

    -0.20
  19. 19
    ▼ 5

    Severen tsentralen

    33.80

    -2.80
  20. 20
    ▼ 7

    Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest

    33.60

    -3.70
  21. 21
    ▼ 5

    Severozapaden

    33.50

    -2.30
  22. 22
    ▲ 9

    Kentriki Makedonia

    33.00

    +2.00
  23. 23
    ▲ 5

    Región de Murcia

    32.50

    +0.10
  24. 24
    ▼ 1

    Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki

    31.60

    -2.20
  25. 25
    ▲ 9

    Martinique

    31.30

    +1.20

Ranking highlights

2025 values. Changes compare 2025 vs 2024.

Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion

Increase = worse Decrease = better

By level in 2025

Top 5 regions

2025 values

  1. #1 Guyane 54.80
  2. #2 Calabria 45.30
  3. #3 Sicilia 44.00
  4. #4 Ciudad de Melilla 43.70
  5. #5 La Réunion 42.30

Bottom 5 regions

2025 values

  1. #246 Bratislavský kraj 2.90
  2. #245 Valle dAosta / Vallée dAoste 5.60
  3. #244 Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano / Bozen 7.00
  4. #243 Warszawski stołeczny 7.10
  5. #242 Emilia-Romagna 8.20

By change (2025 vs 2024)

Largest increase vs previous year

2025 vs 2024

  1. #1 Notio Aigaio +7.20
  2. #2 Nord-Norge +6.70
  3. #3 Liguria +5.90
  4. #4 Peloponnisos +5.80
  5. #5 Ipeiros +5.70

Largest decrease vs previous year

2025 vs 2024

  1. #1 Dytiki Ellada -7.30
  2. #2 Dytiki Makedonia -6.80
  3. #3 Região Autónoma dos Açores -6.80
  4. #4 Dolnośląskie -6.10
  5. #5 Ionia Nisia -5.70