Eurostat: Bulgaria, Romania most exposed to poverty and social exclusion People in Bulgaria and Romania are the most exposed to the risk of poverty and social exclusion, according to a Eurostat study for the year 2025. In 2025, 92.7 million people in the EU (20.9% of the population) were at risk of poverty or social exclusion. These people lived in households experiencing at least 1 of 3 poverty and social exclusion risks: risk of poverty, severe material and social deprivation, and living in a household with very low work intensity.  Of the 92.7 million, 5.7 million live at risk of poverty, severe material and social deprivation, or very low work intensity, while 46.9 million are only on the edge of poverty.