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2024-06-18 09:24:00, Ekonomi CNA

Albania, with the highest percentage of the population at risk of poverty in

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Albania has almost half of its population at risk of poverty, a much higher percentage compared to the Region and the European Union.

According to Eurostat data and internal measurements by INSTAT, Albania had 41.6% of the population at risk of poverty, the highest level in Europe (see chart below). The data for Albania are from 2022, while for Europe from 2023.

According to the definitions of Eurostat, "risk of being poor" classifies those persons who are deeply materially and socially deprived, or who live in families with very low employment intensity.

After Albania, Romania and Bulgaria are the countries that still have a high percentage of the population living at the poverty line with 32 and 30% each, followed by Spain with 26.5% and Greece with 25.6%.

On the other hand, Croatia has the lowest level of the population living in poverty in Europe. In 2023 only 12% of the Croatian population was at risk of poverty, followed by Slovenia with 13.7%, Finland with 15.8% and Poland with 16.3%.

In 2023, over 94 million people in the EU (21% of the population) were at risk of poverty or social exclusion, ie lived in families experiencing at least one of the three risks of poverty and social exclusion. The figure has dropped slightly compared to 2022 (95.3 million, 22% of the population).

In Albania, the risk limit of being poor for a person in 2022 is estimated at 225,931 ALL, compared to 191,791 ALL in 2021, according to INSTAT.

In 2022, it is estimated that 576,316 individuals in our country live below the risk of being poor.

Starting from 2021, the indicator of material deprivation, low employment intensity and the risk of being poor or social exclusion (AROPE) has been modified from a methodological point of view, based on the new objective of the European Union "Europe 2030".

According to the objective set by the European Union for the protection of social rights, the population that is at risk of being poor or in social exclusion in Europe must be reduced by at least 15 million by 2030, and of these at least 5 million must be be children. /Monitor