Poverty: strong decrease of risk in Poland, Romania,Bulgaria
But Sofia and Bucharest still at the top in Europe
16 October, 16:27However, Bulgaria and Romania remained at the top in the EU for the share of population at risk of poverty in 2017. Eurostat said that more than a third were in this condition in Bulgaria (38.9%), Romania (35.7%) and Greece (34.8%), while the lowest shares of persons being at risk of poverty or social exclusion were recorded in the Czech Republic (12.2%), Finland (15.7%), Slovakia (16.3%), the Netherlands (17.0%), Slovenia and France (both 17.1%) and Denmark (17.2%).
In 2017, 112.9 million people (22.5% of the total population) in the EU were at risk of poverty or social exclusion, Eurostat noted. (ANSA).