At-risk-of poverty rates before and after social transfers, European comparison;;;; ;;;; ;at-risk-of poverty rate (after social transfers);1) at-risk-of poverty rate before social transfers in the narrow sense;2) at-risk-of poverty rate before all social transfers;percentage decrease in the at-risk-of-poverty rate through total social transfers Czech Republic;9.7;16.8;37;74 Finland;12.4;26.8;43.4;71 Norway;11.9;26.5;40.3;70 Iceland;9.6;20.6;32.5;70 Netherlands;11.6;22.3;39.1;70 Denmark;12.2;25.8;40.6;70 Hungary;14.9;25.7;49.1;70 France;13.6;23.9;44.3;69 Austria;13.9;25.6;44.4;69 Slovakia;12.3;19;38.1;68 Slovenia;14.3;24.8;42.5;66 Luxembourg;15.3;27.2;44.7;66 Sweden;14.5;26.9;42.2;66 Belgium;14.9;26.7;43.3;66 Ireland;16.3;36.2;46.3;65 United Kingdom;16.7;29.2;44.2;62 Germany;16.7;25.1;43.9;62 EU-28;17.3;26.1;44.7;61 Poland;17.6;22.9;43.6;60 Greece;21.4;25.5;52.9;60 Portugal;19.5;26.4;47.8;59 Switzerland;15.6;24.9;37.6;59 Cyprus;16.2;25.4;38.8;58 Italy;19.9;25.4;46;57 Malta;16.3;23.7;37.5;57 Croatia;20;31;45.2;56 Serbia;25.4;37.2;55.7;54 Spain;22.1;30.1;47;53 Bulgaria;22;28.4;42.9;49 Romania;25.4;29.3;49.5;49 Lithuania;22.2;28.6;42.8;48 Macedonia;21.5;24.8;40.5;47 Estonia;21.6;27.8;39.4;45 Latvia;22.5;27.3;40.9;45 ;;;; The at-risk-of-poverty threshold for all three indicators is set at 60% of the median equivalised disposable income after social transfers (not considering any financial assets). Social transfers in the narrow sense cover all social transfers excluding old-age or survivors' benefits. Accordingly, in variant 1) old-age or survivors' benefits (incl. SB) are included in the household income and are not considered as social transfers. In variant 2) by contrast, all social transfers are deducted from the disposable household income.;;;; ;;;; Source: Eurostat - EU-SILC 2015, version 15.06.2017, without imputed rent;;;; Information: Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Social Analysis Section, info.sozan@bfs.admin.ch, Tel. 058 463 64 21;;;; © FSO 2017;;;;