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One in five young people in Greece faces poverty

One in five young people in Greece faces poverty

with the important material and social deprivation face it 6% of 15-29-year-olds in the European Unionaccording to the 2021 data it published Eurostat.

Among the European Union countries, the highest percentage of young people who experienced significant material and social deprivation was recorded in 2021 Romania (23.1%) And he follows him Bulgaria (18.7%) and the Greece (14.2%).

instead of, This proportion was less than 3% in 11 of the 26 EU member states With data available specifically for Luxembourg, Poland, Sweden, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Croatia, Slovenia, Finland, Austria and Estonia.

according to its data EurostatIn 2021, the percentage of youth aged 15-29 at risk of poverty was 20.1%, compared to 16.8% of the total population.

Among the 19 countries in the European Union, The largest disparity is observed in Denmark (12.3% of the total population are at risk of poverty vs. 25.6% of youth) etc. Sweden (15.7% vs. 24.6%).

In Greece, 26% of young people are close to the risk of povertycompared to 19% of the total population. In eight EU countries, young people are at a lower risk of poverty than the population as a whole.

The most pronounced differences were observed in Latvia (23.4% of the total population at risk of poverty compared to 17% of youth), Malta (16.9% vs 11.3%), Estonia (20.6% vs 15.7%) and in Croatia (19.2% vs 14.7%).

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