European Social Watch Report 2010
poverty.pdf

Poverty

Poverty

Variable

At risk of poverty

Intensity of poverty

Working poor

Child poverty

Gini coefficient

Indicator

Share of persons with an equivalised disposable income below the at risk of poverty threshold (1) after social transfers (%), 2008

Change
2005-2008 (%)

Relative median at risk of poverty gap (%), 2008

In work at risk of poverty rate (%), 2008

Change
2005-2008 (%)

Poverty rate among children (%), 2006

Point changes since
mid-1990s, 2006 (2)

Gini coefficient of income inequality,
mid-2000s

Point changes since
mid-1990s,
mid-2000s (2)

Albania

0.33a

Andorra

Armenia

0.30a

-31.8

Austria

12.4

0.8

15.3

6.4

-4.5

6

6.0

0.27

11.5

Azerbaijan

0.17a

-51.4

Belarus

0.29a

Belgium

14.7

-0.7

17.2

4.8

23.1

10

-0.8

0.27

-5.4

Bosnia and Herzegovina

0.36a

Bulgaria

21.4

52.9

27.0

7.5

25.0

0.29a

-6.5

Croatia

18.0b

23.0b

9.0c

0.29a

7.4

Cyprus

16.2

0.6

16.6

6.4

-1.5

Czech Republic

9.0

-13.5

18.5

3.6

2.9

10

1.7

0.27

4.2

Denmark

11.8

0.0

18.0

5.1

4.1

3

0.8

0.23

8.1

Estonia

19.5

6.6

20.3

7.3

-2.7

0.36a

20.0

Finland

13.6

16.2

15.7

5.1

37.8

4

2.1

0.27

18.1

France

13.4

18.1

8

0.3

0.27

0.0

Georgia

3.1

6.8

11.5

0.41a

10.8

Germany

15.2

24.6

22.2

7.1

47.9

16

5.1

0.30

9.5

Greece

20.1

2.6

24.7

14.3

10.9

13

0.9

0.32

-4.4

Hungary

12.4

-8.1

17.3

5.4

-38.6

9

-1.6

0.29

-1.0

Iceland

10.1

4.1

14.9

6.7

-15.2

8

0.28

Ireland

15.4

-21.8

18.0

6.5

6.6

16

2.3

0.33

1.3

Italy

18.7

-1.1

23.0

8.9

1.1

16

-3.4

0.35

1.1

Kosovo

Latvia

25.6

33.3

28.6

11.0

22.2

0.36a

16.1

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

20.0

-3.4

25.7

9.4

-6.9

0.36a

12.5

Luxembourg

13.4

-2.2

16.6

9.4

-4.1

12

4.5

0.26

-0.4

Macedonia

0.43a

53.6

Malta

14.6

6.6

17.7

5.1

6.3

Moldova

0.37a

0.0

Monaco

Montenegro

0.37a

Netherlands

10.5

-1.9

14.9

4.8

-17.2

12

1.0

0.27

-4.0

Norway

11.3

-0.9

22.2

5.4

17.4

5

0.9

0.28

7.8

Poland

16.9

-17.6

20.6

11.5

-17.3

22

0.37

Portugal

18.5

-4.6

23.2

11.8

-0.8

17

0.0

0.38

7.1

Romania

23.4

30.0

32.3

17.7

0.32a

14.3

Russian Federation

0.44a

-4.3

San Marino

Serbia

0.28a

Slovak Republic

10.9

-18.0

18.1

5.8

-34.8

11

0.27

Slovenia

12.3

0.8

19.3

5.1

10.9

0.31a

6.9

Spain

19.6

-0.5

23.6

10.7

2.9

17

1.9

0.32

-7.1

Sweden

12.2

28.4

18.0

6.8

23.6

4

1.5

0.23

10.8

Switzerland

9

1.2

0.28

Turkey

26.0c

31.0c

23.0c

25

5.0

0.43

-2.4

Ukraine

0.28a

-20.0

United Kingdom

18.8

20.8

8.6

10

-3.6

0.34

-5.4

Source

Eurostat

Eurostat

Eurostat

OECD

OECD and WB

Notes:

(1) Elaboration by Social Watch on official data

(2) Elaboration by Social Watch on official data

a: Data signed by a are by World Bank; others are by OECD

b: 2007

c: 2003

  • The relative median at risk of poverty gap is calculated as the difference between the median income of persons below the at risk of poverty threshold and the at risk of poverty threshold.
    It provides an indication of “how poor are poor people”.
  • The Gini coefficient is a measure of the inequality in income distribution, a value of 0 expressing total equality and a value of 1 maximal inequality.