Press Release: More than 120 million persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2013

Eurostat released on 4 November 2014 figures which showed that in 2013, 122.6 million people, or 24.5% of the population, in the European Union were at risk of poverty or social exclusion.

This means that these people were in at least one of the following three conditions: at-risk-of-poverty after social transfers (income poverty), severely materially deprived or living in households with very low work intensity.

• Primary Source

EurActiv, 05.11.14: Eurostat: One out of four EU citizens at risk of poverty http://www.euractiv.com/sections/social-europe-jobs/eurostat-one-out-four-eu-citizens-risk-poverty-309749

ESO: Background information: Tackling poverty and inequality in the EU: the way forward http://www.europeansources.info/record/speech-tackling-poverty-and-inequality-in-the-eu-the-way-forward/

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