The risk-of-poverty rate in Serbia was 23.2 percent last year, and compared to the previous year, it is lower by 1.1 percentage points, the Republic Bureau of Statistics announced today.
As stated, the rate of risk of poverty or social exclusion was 31.7 percent, and compared to 2018, it is lower by 2.6 percentage points. The risk-of-poverty rate represents the percentage of persons whose disposable income is below the risk-of-poverty threshold, which in 2019 amounted to 155 euros per month on average for a one-member household, Beta reports.
The poverty risk threshold for households with two adults and one child under the age of 14 was 285 euros, while for a four-member household with two adults and two children under the age of 14 it was 330 euros.
The risk-of-poverty or social exclusion rate shows the percentage of people who are at risk of poverty, or are severely materially deprived, or live in very low-intensity households.
Observed by age, people under the age of 18 were most at risk of poverty, 28.9 percent, as well as people aged 18 to 24, 25.6 percent. Persons over the age of 65 had the lowest risk-of-poverty rate of 21.1 percent.
According to the type of household, the highest risk of poverty was in members of households consisting of two adults with three or more dependent children, 51.9 percent, followed by persons in households consisting of single parents with one child or more dependent children, 41.6 percent.
Depending on the employment status, among people aged 18 and over, the most exposed to the risk of poverty were the unemployed, 47.5 percent, while the lowest risk-of-poverty rate among employees at the employer was 6.5 percent.
For self-employed persons, that rate was 25.9 percent, and for pensioners 17.2 percent, Politika reports.
