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Working and still poor: in-work poverty in Europe

The share of employed people living below the poverty line despite having a job, from Eurostat.

Leading: Finland (3.1%), Belgium (4.1%), Czechia (4.1%).

  1. 1Finland3.1%
  2. 2Belgium4.1%
  3. 3Czechia4.1%
  4. 4Netherlands5.2%
  5. 5Slovenia5.5%
  6. 6Serbia5.6%
  7. 7Ireland5.7%
  8. 8Montenegro5.7%
  9. 9Denmark5.9%
  10. 10Norway6.1%
  11. 11Slovakia6.6%
  12. 12Germany6.7%
  13. 13Cyprus6.9%
  14. 14Iceland7.0%
  15. 15Sweden7.1%
  16. 16Croatia7.9%
  17. 17North Macedonia7.9%
  18. 18Hungary8.3%
  19. 19Poland8.5%
  20. 20Portugal8.6%
  21. 21Switzerland8.6%
  22. 22France8.7%
  23. 23Lithuania8.7%
  24. 24Austria8.9%
  25. 25Latvia9.0%
  26. 26Malta9.2%
  27. 27Luxembourg9.6%
  28. 28Greece9.7%
  29. 29Albania9.9%
  30. 30Italy10.2%
  31. 31Estonia10.5%
  32. 32Romania10.7%
  33. 33Türkiye10.9%
  34. 34Spain11.2%
  35. 35Bulgaria11.8%
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Source: Eurostat. 35 countries with data. Data updated 2026-07.