"Figure 2ii: Poverty rates across the EU, 2014, percentage total population","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. Persistent poverty rates are the latest available; for Croatia, Denmark, Slovakia and Sweden 2014 figures are not yet available so 2013 figures are used. 2. No persistent poverty estimates are available for Ireland. 3. Overall poverty estimates are all 2014 rates" "Unit","Percentage" "","" "Country","At risk of poverty","United Kingdom","EU average" "Romania","25.4","","17.2" "Spain","22.2","","17.2" "Greece","22.1","","17.2" "Bulgaria","21.8","","17.2" "Estonia","21.8","","17.2" "Latvia","21.2","","17.2" "Portugal","19.5","","17.2" "Croatia","19.4","","17.2" "Italy","19.4","","17.2" "Lithuania","19.1","","17.2" "Poland","17.0","","17.2" "United Kingdom","","16.8","17.2" "Germany","16.7","","17.2" "Luxembourg","16.4","","17.2" "Malta","15.9","","17.2" "Ireland","15.6","","17.2" "Belgium","15.5","","17.2" "Sweden","15.1","","17.2" "Hungary","15.0","","17.2" "Slovenia","14.5","","17.2" "Cyprus","14.4","","17.2" "Austria","14.1","","17.2" "France","13.3","","17.2" "Finland","12.8","","17.2" "Slovakia","12.6","","17.2" "Denmark","12.1","","17.2" "Netherlands","11.6","","17.2" "Czech Republic","9.7","","17.2"