Poverty Risk Rates of European Countries Announced

It is a fact that cannot be ignored anymore that the purchasing power of Turkey has decreased due to reasons such as the dollar rate and inflation. Although citizens and economists state this, the data collected over a long period of time allows us to see the situation more clearly.

The countries with the highest risk of poverty and social exclusion in European countries were determined. European Union (EU) Statistical Office The data he published revealed how poverty and the risk of poverty have increased in Turkey in recent years. Because Turkey, 6th country with the highest risk of poverty and social exclusion While it was in the 1st place among the countries where these risks increased the most.

The fastest increase is in Turkey

According to the data announced by Eurostat, 26.7% of the citizens in Turkey lived under the risk of poverty and social exclusion. In 2019, this rate increased to 33.2%. In other words, about 1 in 3 people in the country are under these risks.

In 28 of the 36 countries whose data were collected, the risk of poverty decreased over the 4-year period. In 8 countries, the risk of poverty increased. The increase rates of these countries were as follows, respectively: Turkey 6.5%, Luxembourg 1.6%, Norway 0.9%, Switzerland 0.9%, France 0.3%, Sweden 0.3%, Estonia 0.1% and the Netherlands 0.1%.

When we leave the increase rates behind, the country with the highest risk of poverty in total, Albania with 50.8% it happened. Montenegro followed Albania with 36.3%, while Romania came third with 35.8%. While North Macedonia had 34.1% and Bulgaria 33.6%, Turkey ranked 6th with 33.2%.

As for the countries with the lowest risk of poverty and social exclusion in Europe Iceland took the lead with 11.3%. The countries following Iceland were Czechia with 11.52% and Slovakia with 13.8%. The average risk of poverty in European countries is 21.9%.