An alarming 19.0% of youngsters and youngsters in Cyprus final yr have been liable to poverty or social exclusion in contrast with 22.5% of adults aged over 65.
That is what information launched on Thursday by Eurostat, the statistical workplace of the EU, reveals.
As for the EU at massive, 24.2% of youngsters and youngsters (lower than 18 years previous) have been liable to poverty or social exclusion in 2020.
And this in contrast with 21.7% of adults (18 to 64 years previous) and 20.4% of older individuals (65 years previous or over).
Among the many EU nations, Romania recorded the best charge of youngsters liable to poverty or social exclusion (41.5%) in 2020, adopted by Bulgaria (36.2%), Spain (31.8%) and Greece (31.5%).
The bottom percentages have been recorded in Slovenia (12.1%), Czechia (12.9%), Denmark (13.5%) and Finland (14.5%).
In its press launch, Eurostat additionally focuses on the elements that influenced the danger of poverty or social exclusion within the EU in 2020.
The extent of schooling: 50.5% of youngsters whose mother and father’ degree of schooling was low have been liable to poverty in contrast with 7.7% of youngsters whose mother and father’ degree of schooling was excessive.
The kind of family: households composed of a single individual with dependent youngsters (42.1%), single-person households (33.2%) and households composed of two adults with three or extra dependent youngsters (29.6 %) had the best danger of poverty or social exclusion.
The migrant background: youngsters with at the least one dad or mum with a migrant background have been at a higher danger of poverty than youngsters whose mother and father have been each native-born (32.9% in contrast with 15.3%) and dwelling circumstances: 14.1% of households composed of a single individual with dependent youngsters have been severely materially and socially disadvantaged in contrast with 7.5% of all households with dependent youngsters.