SYN THESISINE@COVID-19, 23-Dec-2021

December . 23 . 2021 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 www.ine.pt page 18/20 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt The at-risk-of-poverty rate increased to 18.4% in 2020 According to the results of the 2021 survey on income and living conditions covering the income from the previous year, in 2020: • 18.4% of people were at-risk-of-poverty 1 (16.2% in 2019); This evolution reflects a reversal concerning the downward trend observed since 2015, and is also the highest year-on-year rate of change of the series; At-risk-of-poverty rate after social transfers, Portugal, 2003-2020 (%) • The growth in the at-risk-of-poverty was more severe for women (up 2.5 percentage points (p.p.), from 16.7% in 2019 to 19.2% in 2020), particularly for older women (up 3.0 p.p., from 19.5% to 22.5%); • The increase in the at-risk-of-poverty affected all age groups, especially working-age adults (up to 2.3 p.p.) and the elderly population (up 2.6 p.p.). The at-risk-of-poverty affecting the under-18s increased from 19.1% to 20.4%; 1 In 2020, the at-risk-of-poverty rate corresponded to the proportion of inhabitants with net monetary income (per equivalent adult) below EUR 6,653 (EUR 554 per month). 18.4 0 5 10 15 20 25 2003 04 05 06 07 08 09 2010 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2020 (%) 9.6 40.7 15.7 28.9 11.2 46.5 18.0 30.8 Employed Unemployed Re�red Other inac�ve (%) 2019 2020 At-risk-of-poverty rate by activity status, Portugal, 2019-2020 (%) • The at-risk-of-poverty for the unemployed population was 46.5%, up 5.9 p.p. from 2019. The proportion recorded in 2020 resumes the order of values of 2017 and 2018 (respectively, 45.7% and 47.5%); • The at-risk-of-poverty for the employed population increased by 1.6 p.p., reaching a rate of 11.2%, the highest value of the last 10 years; • The retired population recorded the second-highest growth in relative poverty between 2019 and 2020, from 15.7% to 18.0% (up 2.3 p.p.);