Eurostat data shows that only 3.7 percent inhabitants of the Bucharest-Ilfov region are at risk of poverty. This is the best result in the entire European Union.
The second best place went to the East Flanders region in Belgium. However, many more residents are exposed to poverty there than in Bucharest – 5.4 percent.
The EU average in 2024 was as much as 16.2%. – Eurostat reported. This is exactly the same as the average in 2023.
One region of Poland has a clear problem
Two regions in Poland performed very well in the ranking – the voivodeship. Silesia and the Warsaw capital region. Interestingly, Silesia fared better than the capital and the surrounding area. In Silesia, 7.6% of people are at risk of poverty. inhabitants, in the Warsaw metropolis – 8 percent, which can be partly explained by the high cost of living in the capital.
The voivodeship that fared the worst was definitely Podlasie — there as much as 25.5 percent residents may fear poverty.
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The voivodeship also did poorly. Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship with a rate exceeding 21%.
Poland, however, does not look bad in the ranking. In Germany, for example, Upper Bavaria performed best with a rate of 10.7%. Therefore, in Germany's best ranking there are still more people at risk of poverty than in the leading regions in Poland.
According to the ranking, the situation in the Scandinavian countries, the Czech Republic and the western part of Hungary is also good.
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These regions performed the worst
French Guiana (an overseas department of France located in South America) fares the worst. There, the rate was as high as 53.3%.
The situation is also bad, including: in the south of Spain or in some parts of Italy. In Calabria, for example, the rate exceeded 37%. – according to Eurostat. Eurostat also noticed a major problem with the risk of poverty in many regions of Greece.
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Explanation: the study compared NUTS 2 regions. As for Poland, the division is comparable to our voivodeships, but specialists “extracted” the area of Warsaw and the surrounding area from Masovia, making it a separate region.
