# Euro Area National poverty rate

Euro Area National poverty rate was 16.9% in 2025, up 0.2 percentage points from 2024.
That is the highest reading since 2022.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `EA.POVERTY.A.NSA`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: Percentage
- Coverage: 2014-01-01 to 2025-01-01 (12 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/euro-area/national-poverty-rate

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 16.9% |
| 2024 | 16.7% |
| 2023 | 16.4% |
| 2022 | 16.9% |
| 2021 | 17.1% |
| 2020 | 16.9% |
| 2019 | 16.5% |
| 2018 | 17.1% |
| 2017 | 17.2% |
| 2016 | 17.5% |
| 2015 | 17.4% |
| 2014 | 17.3% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/EA.POVERTY.A.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/EA.POVERTY.A.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```