EU 16.23
· European ranking
5 / 30
Up 4 positions compared with previous year
Greece: Poverty Rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
19.60% of people
EU 16.23 · +3.4 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people whose equivalised disposable income after social transfers is below 60% of the national median. It is a relative-income measure rather than a measure of absolute poverty.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat At-risk-of-poverty rate TESPM010
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Regional map
· 2025 · 13 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+53.57
30.10
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2+36.73
26.80
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3+27.55
25.00
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4+25.51
24.60
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5+23.47
24.20
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6+17.35
23.00
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7+14.80
22.50
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8+14.29
22.40
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9+12.24
22.00
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10+10.71
21.70
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11-8.16
18.00
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12-30.10
13.70
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13-35.20
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.