More than 72 million people in the EU were classed "at risk of poverty" in 2024, representing 16.2% of the population. Even so, living on the breadline looks vastly different when comparing poverty thresholds between countries. The "at-risk-of-poverty rate" is the share of people whose median equivalised disposable income falls below a given threshold. This threshold is set at 60% of the national median income. However, Eurostat points out that this indicator does not measure wealth or actual