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Poverty: in Romania highest share of youth at risk
Rate at 28.2%, almost three times the EU average of 11%
23 January, 14:17
(ANSA) - BELGRADE, JAN 23 - In 2017, Romania has recorded
the highest proportion in the European Union of youth with an
employment but at risk of poverty, according to Eurostat data.
Official data show that the highest proportion at EU level of young people aged 18-24 in work and at risk of poverty in 2017 was registered in Romania (28.2 %) in 2017, almost three times the EU average of 11%. High rates of poverty risk among youth employed were recorded also in Estonia (18.4%), Bulgaria (14.7%), Greece (14.1%) and Lithuania (13.4%).
In contrast, Eurostat said that three EU countries had rates below 5% in 2017: among them, Czechia (1.5 %) and Slovakia (3.8 %), together with Finland (4.2 %).
In 2017 the proportion of young people aged 18-24 in work and at risk of poverty in the EU was estimated to be 11.0 %, -1.1% compared with 2016. The proportion has fallen each year since a peak in 2014 (12.9 %), Eurostat noted. (ANSA).
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Official data show that the highest proportion at EU level of young people aged 18-24 in work and at risk of poverty in 2017 was registered in Romania (28.2 %) in 2017, almost three times the EU average of 11%. High rates of poverty risk among youth employed were recorded also in Estonia (18.4%), Bulgaria (14.7%), Greece (14.1%) and Lithuania (13.4%).
In contrast, Eurostat said that three EU countries had rates below 5% in 2017: among them, Czechia (1.5 %) and Slovakia (3.8 %), together with Finland (4.2 %).
In 2017 the proportion of young people aged 18-24 in work and at risk of poverty in the EU was estimated to be 11.0 %, -1.1% compared with 2016. The proportion has fallen each year since a peak in 2014 (12.9 %), Eurostat noted. (ANSA).
