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Poverty Watch Portugal | Poverty Watches Overview 2020 & 2021

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2021

Poverty figures in Portugal indicated a decreasing evolution in the last years, mainly after the last financial crisis. According to the latest data from INE1, the At Risk of Poverty and Social Exclusion Rate (AROPE) was 19.8% in 2020 (it was 21.6% in 2019). Around 2.037 thousand people were at risk of poverty or social exclusion. Women continue to be more vulnerable to the risk of poverty and social exclusion (20.2%) compared to men (19.4%). Among women, it is the older women who have a higher rate compared to other age groups (22.2% in 2020).

Poverty Watch Main Findings

Most Affected Groups

Women (particularly older women)

Autonomous regions of Madeira and Azores

Households with dependent children

Children 

Elderly people

Working poor

Unemployed people

People with chronic illnesses

Main Priorities

  • Setting ambitious national targets that enable the fulfilment of the European targets of the Action Plan of the European Pillar of Social Rights.
  • Ensure that the several principles of the Pillar work as instruments to fight poverty as a multidimensional problem that requires a multidisciplinary answer. 
  • Ensure an effective monitoring of funding and that this monitoring is participated by civil society entities and citizens themselves, based on concrete and transparent indicators.
  • The National Anti-Poverty and Social Exclusion Strategy must be integrated and act on the causes of poverty.
  • Promote an effective debate around the policies of social minima – minimum wage and social benefits – with a view to reformulating them in terms of coverage, accessibility, adequacy and promotion of participation.
  • Promote quality public services, free and accessible to all.
  • The digitalisation of services should contribute to promoting articulation between services, thus reducing bureaucracy, promoting information sharing, reducing the gaps in access to services that cause delays in solving problems for citizens and, sometimes, the repeated submission of the same documents in different services.
  • The fight against poverty also involves ensuring access to digital services, which currently are a burden for the most vulnerable citizens.
  • Ensure a Governance strategy that enables the participation of all actors, namely of citizens living in situations of greater vulnerability, in building a more resilient society and economy.
  • It is necessary to promote information campaigns on what poverty is and ways to fight it.
Read the Portugal Poverty Watch

2020

 In 2018, the risk of poverty or social exclusion continued to reach 21.6% of the population in Portugal. In regional terms, the Autonomous Regions of the Azores and Madeira continue to be the regions of Portugal with the highest levels of vulnerability in the different indicators of poverty or social exclusion. In mainland Portugal, the risk of poverty or social exclusion is higher in the North Region and in the Algarve and lower in the Lisbon Area.

Poverty Watch Main Findings

Most affected groups

Households with dependent children
Single parents
Elderly living alone
Working poor
The unemployed and inactive people

Main priorities

  • Promote the definition and consolidation of a National Strategy for the Eradication of Poverty and Social Exclusion.
  • Define a national action plan of the European Pillar of Social Rights that is a reference for the National Strategy for the Eradication of Poverty and Social Exclusion.
  • Ensure the strengthening of social protection and create the necessary foundations for the definition of an adequate minimum income system.
  • Promote an inclusive labour market and access to quality public services. 
  • Ensure effective use of the Next Framework Funds to take into account the consequences and impacts of the crisis.
  • Promote the effective participation of different stakeholders – national and local public entities such as Local Authorities, civil society entities and people experiencing poverty themselves.
Read the Portugal Poverty Watch
Read the Portugal Poverty Watch in Portuguese

Contact details

 Rede Europeia Anti-Pobreza/Portugal

       Rua de Costa Cabral, 2368

 4200-218 Porto (Portugal)

Tel: +351 22 542 08 00
Fax: +351 22 540 3250
E-mail: geral (@) eapn.pt
Website: www.eapn.pt

October 23, 2020
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        • Executive Committee
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      • EU Inclusion Strategies Group
    • The way we are funded
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  • What we do
    • How we work
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      • Poverty & Fundamental Rights
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  • What is poverty ?
    • Introduction
    • Poverty : what is it?
    • How is poverty measured?
    • Facts & Trends
    • Inequality : what is it?
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    • Sources of information
    • Voices from the ground
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