European Union
Poverty rate before social transfers
All the graphs below use the main EU measure of low income, namely a household income below 60% of the contemporary, national, median household income before deducting housing costs. All household incomes are before social transfers (e.g. taxes) but after adjustment ('equivalisation') for household size and composition.
Graph 1: Including pensions as transfers
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Graph 2: Excluding pensions as transfers
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