Idoia Mendia· S&D

Confirmed

With 21% of the population still in poverty

Omissions

• The 21% figure refers specifically to the AROPE (At Risk of Poverty or Social Exclusion) indicator, which is the broadest poverty measure used by the EU, combining three dimensions: people at risk of poverty, severely materially and socially deprived, and living in households with very low work intensity.
• The more narrowly defined 'at-risk-of-poverty rate' (income below 60% of median) was 16.2% in 2024, which is different from the AROPE indicator cited.
• The MEP did not specify that this data refers to the year 2024.

Sources

• PrimaryEurostat - People at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2024In 2024, 93.3 million people in the EU (21.0% of the population) were at risk of poverty or social exclusion.