Around 2.5 million people lived in extreme poverty in Poland in 2023, up 47% on the previous year.
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Poland has EU’s third lowest poverty risk figure
Poland’s decline in those at risk of poverty – from 22.5% of the population in 2015 to 15.9% in 2022 – has been one of the most rapid in the EU.
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Number of Poles living in extreme poverty falls 20%
But experts warn that soaring inflation, including rapidly rising energy prices, and the refugee crisis could see poverty rise again this year.
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But the proportion of people at risk of poverty and social exclusion has been declining in Poland and is among the lowest in the EU.
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Over two million people in Poland- around 5% of the population – live in extreme poverty, a figure that rose by 400,000 last year.
Number of children in extreme poverty rises by a third in Poland
In 2020, 410,000 children lived in extreme poverty, up 32% from a year earlier but still less than half the figure in 2015.
Poland needs to change its laws – and attitudes – towards begging
Andrzej Ciepły
Communist-era legislation on begging is outdated, but myths around poverty also need to be challenged.
Non-EU migrants in Poland have second lowest level of social exclusion among all member states
Poland has experienced one of the EU’s biggest waves of immigration in recent years.
Extreme poverty in Poland fell by over a fifth in 2019
The drop in extreme poverty has been most felt in rural areas – from 9.4% to 7.5%.
