PL · 2021 · ilc_peps01n
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex
Poland, 2021
In 2021, Poland's persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex decreased by 1.2% compared to 2020, reaching 16.8%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 21.7%.
Poland ranks 22nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 18.4% (from 20.6% in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_peps01n, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.