Income Poverty and Social Exclusion in the EU

Abstract

According to Europe 2020 targets risk of exclusion should be measured by three indicators: at-risk-of-poverty, severe material deprivation and living in households with very low work intensity. The EU-SILC for 2009 suggests that overall 113 million people in the EU are at risk of exclusion according to at least one of these indicators. The largest group among these are those with income below 60% of the national median – some 80 million people as against 35 million who are materially deprived and 37 million who live in households with low work intensity.