Almost 95 million Europeans continue to be at risk of poverty or social exclusion
Social PolicyEuropean Union
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- The MEP did not specify the reference year. The most recent data available at the time of the claim (2025 data, published 30 April 2026) shows 92.7 million, not 'almost 95 million'.
- The phrase 'continue to be' implies persistence or stagnation, but the data shows a slight decrease of 600,000 persons from 2024 (93.3M) to 2025 (92.7M), suggesting a modest improvement rather than an unchanging situation.
- The MEP rounds up from 92.7 million to 'almost 95 million', a difference of approximately 2.3 million people (2.5%), which stretches the rhetorical qualifier 'almost' beyond its reasonable range.
- Sources
- PrimaryEurostat News ReleaseIn 2025, 92.7 million people in the EU (20.9% of the population) were at risk of poverty or social exclusion. Compared with 2024, the number of people at risk decreased by 600,000 persons (from 93.3 million or 21.0% of the population).
- PrimaryEurostat Statistics ExplainedIn 2024, 93.3 million people in the EU were at risk of poverty or social exclusion; this was equivalent to 21.0% of the EU population.
- SecondaryEuronewsIn 2025, 92.7 million people in the EU were at risk of poverty or social exclusion. This equals 20.9% of the total population, or almost one in five people.