In 2023, approximately 21% of the EU population, or 94.6 million people, were at risk of poverty or social exclusion, a slight decrease from 22% (95.3 million) in 2022.
In 2024, approximately 13.4% of Australians, or 3.3 million people, lived below the poverty line, defined as 50% of the median household income, including 761,000 children.
In 2023, the official US poverty rate was 12.7%, with 36.8 million people living in poverty, a slight decrease from 2022.
I figured the EU rate would be lower. The Europeans act like their <deleted> doesn't stink.