More than 117 million people across EU member countries (or 23.4% of the population) were living at risk of poverty in 2016, according to the Eurostat statistics agency.

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European Union (EU) member countries with their number of people and percentage living at risk of poverty in 2016. Graphic: Paul Defosseux, Simon Malfatto, Sabrina Blanchard, William Ickes.

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