Results of the Survey on Income and Living Conditions conducted in 2021

At-risk-of-poverty rate amounted to 19.2% in 2021

Indicators of poverty and social exclusion in 2021 were calculated on the basis of data collected in the Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC). According to the Survey data, the at-risk-of-poverty rate in the Republic of Croatia in 2021 amounted to 19.2%, which was 0.9 percentage points higher than in 2020.The at-risk-of-poverty rate is the basic indicator of poverty, which shows the percentage of persons with the equivalised disposable income below the at-risk-of-poverty threshold. The at-risk-of-poverty rate does not show the actual number of poor people, but rather how many of them have an income below the at-risk-of-poverty threshold.
 
The at-risk-of-poverty threshold for a one-person household amounted to 36 461 kuna per year in 2021 and it increased by 1 337 kuna compared to 2020, while for a household consisting of two adults and two children it amounted to 76 568 kuna per year, which was 2 807 kuna higher than the amount of that threshold in 2020.
 
The People at risk of poverty or social exclusion indicator refers to persons who are at risk of poverty, or severely deprived, or living in a household with a low work intensity. According to this indicator, there were 20.9% of persons in that position in the Republic of Croatia in 2021, which was 2.3 percentage points lower than in 2020, when this indicator amounted to 23.2%.
 
In the Survey on Income and Living Conditions, the data were collected for the calculation of statistically reliable indicators At-risk-of-poverty rate and People at risk of poverty or social exclusion at the level of the Republic of Croatia and at the level of four territorial units for statistics, according to the HR_NUTS 2021 classification: Pannonian Croatia, Adriatic Croatia, the City of Zagreb and North Croatia.

The at-risk-of-poverty rate amounted to 27.0% for Pannonian Croatia, 18.1% for Adriatic Croatia (in 2020, it amounted to 18.3%), 11.6% for the City of Zagreb and 18.5% for North Croatia.
The People at risk of poverty or social exclusion indicator amounted to 28.6% for Pannonian Croatia, 19.9% for Adriatic Croatia (in 2020, it amounted to 24.0%), 13.3% for the City of Zagreb and 19.8% for North Croatia.
 
Additional information can be found in the First Release, while additional indicators of poverty and social exclusion will be available at end-November in the Statistical Report.

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