More than one in four residents faced the risk in 2025, well above the European average.
Greece recorded the European Union’s second-highest proportion of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2025, according to Eurostat.
The Greek rate stood at 27.5%, compared with an EU average of 20.9% — a gap of 6.6 percentage points. The European Parliament infographic rounds these figures to 28% and 21%, respectively.
Bulgaria had the highest rate, at 29%. Greece was followed by Romania at 27.4%, Lithuania at 26.3% and Spain at 25.7%.
The indicator extends beyond low income. It covers people experiencing at least one of three conditions: income poverty risk, severe material and social deprivation, or living in a household with very low work intensity.
The findings highlight the scale of social vulnerability in Greece, where more than a quarter of residents faced at least one of these conditions.
