In the EU, 8.8%.
Greece ranked first among the 27 countries (in 2024, tied with Bulgaria). Among those living below the poverty line, the share reaches 36.1%, against 19.6% in the EU.
This is nothing new: in 2019 it was 17.9%. Since then Greece has stayed almost where it was, while other countries moved on: Bulgaria fell from 30.1% to 16.1%.
Sources: Eurostat, EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC), table ilc_mdes01.
Heating and energy: the Statistical Atlas monthly survey, Monday 7 December.
