Madrid (EFE).- The population at risk of poverty or social exclusion decreased in 2022 to 26% compared to 27.8% the previous year, according to the Living Conditions Survey (ECV) prepared by the National Institute of Statistics ( INE).
Statistics explains that this percentage is set with the AROPE rate – which measures poverty not only with income, but also includes severe material deprivation and low employment intensity – and that the reduction occurred in its three components.
Thus, the population at risk of poverty fell from 21.7% to 20.4%; the percentage of people in homes with severe material and social deprivation decreased six tenths, to 7.7%; and that of the population in a situation of low employment intensity went from 11.6% to 8.6%.
In addition, 8.7% of the population made it to the end of the month with “much difficulty” compared to 8.8% in 2021.