Eurostat: Poverty and social exclusion for the self-employed in the EU – The data for Greece

Nearly a quarter of self-employed EU citizens are at risk of poverty and social exclusion, according to Eurostat figures released today.

The situation of the self-employed over the age of 18 worsened from 2020 to 2021, as the proportion of those at risk of poverty and social exclusion increased from 22.3% in 2020 to 23.6% in 2021. Conversely, according to Eurostat, from 2020 to 2021, the at-risk-of-poverty or social exclusion rates fell for the unemployed, pensioners and employed by 1.6, 0.6 and 0.3 percentage points, respectively.

At national level, in 2021, the highest percentages of self-employed people at risk of poverty and social exclusion were recorded by Romania (70.8%), Portugal (32.4%), Estonia (32.2%), Spain (30 %), Poland (28%) and Greece (27%).

In particular, in Greece the situation of the self-employed worsened from 2020 to 2021, as the percentage of the self-employed at risk of poverty increased by more than 2 percentage points.

The highest increase from 2020 to 2021 was recorded by Romania (5.1 percentage points).

In contrast, the poverty situation for the self-employed improved in 11 countries, with Ireland and Hungary reporting the largest reduction in such rates from 2020 to 2021 (-3.2 and -3.7 percentage points, respectively).

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