Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office, published regional data for 2025 on the risk of poverty or social exclusion on 16 October. Across the EU, the figure was 20.9% of the population.
Twenty-four regions recorded less than 13%. They include the City of Zagreb, Croatia’s capital, alongside other capital regions such as Bratislava, Warsaw, Prague and Budapest.
The list of best-performing regions also includes six regions in northern Italy, four in Czechia, four in northern Belgium, two in Hungary, two in Poland and one in Austria.
