Type of indicator

Socio-economic

Indicator C09

Poverty rate

Definition 

The indicator is defined as the share of population at risk of poverty or social exclusion in rural areas, as defined in the classification of the degree of urbanisation (DEGURBA). It is calculated as the percentage of people who are at risk of poverty or severely deprived or living in a household with low work intensity over the total population. (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Glossary:At_risk_of_poverty_or_social_exclusion_(AROPE).

The rate of rural poverty (share of population at risk of poverty or social exclusion) can be compared to the overall EU average, to the respective national average and/or to the average for intermediate and/or urban areas in a Member State or in the EU (choice to be made according to the policy objective).

It consists of 2 sub-indicators:

  1. total poverty rate
  2. poverty rate in rural areas

Unit of measurement

1: share of total population

2: share of total population by degree of urbanisation

Data source

Eurostat – Survey on income and living conditions (SILC)

Eurostat – Degree of urbanisation

References/location of the data

National data: table People at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex [ilc_peps01]

National data, by degree of urbanisation: table [ilc_peps13]

Regional data: table [ilc_peps11] (regional data are not available for some MS)

Data collection level

EU, National (NUTS 0), Regional (NUTS 1 and 2)

by degree of urbanisation (rural areas, towns and suburbs, cities) 

Frequency

Annual

Delay

2 years 

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