PT · 2016 · tespm040
Children at risk of poverty or social exclusion
Portugal, 2016
In 2016, Portugal's children at risk of poverty or social exclusion decreased by 8.8% compared to 2015, reaching 27.0.
Portugal accounts for 102.7% of the EU-27 total of 26.3.
Portugal ranks 10th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 5.6% (from 28.6 in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm040, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.