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Around 48 percent of children under 6 years old in Albania are at risk of poverty, estimated a recent European Union report, which assessed developments in the education of children under 6 years old in Europe.
As the graph below shows, Albanian children at risk of poverty are more than double the EU average of 23.5% by 2023.
According to Eurostat definitions, children are considered at risk of poverty or social exclusion if they live in families with incomes that are less than the 60% threshold of the national median income.
They are also considered at risk of poverty if they suffer from severe material and social deprivation, meaning that their families cannot afford at least 7 out of 13 necessities for a normal life.
These needs include being able to keep their homes warm, buying new clothes, having two pairs of shoes that fit, and being able to spend a week's vacation away from home.
The EU estimates that among children at risk of poverty or social exclusion it is common to find families that have children with disabilities or who live with one parent, or children who have low-wage or unemployed parents.
The European Union comparison showed that Albania topped the ranking for the high level of children at risk of poverty, followed by Turkey and Montenegro.
Among the member states, in 2023, the highest percentages of children under 6 years of age at risk of poverty were in Romania (35.3%), Bulgaria (34.2%) and Spain (34.1%).
Slovenia is the only European country that registers less than 10% of children under the age of 6 at risk of poverty or social exclusion.
In the Czech Republic, Croatia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Finland and Norway, 12-15% of children under 6 years old live at risk of poverty.
The data shows that the percentage of children aged 0–5 facing poverty or social exclusion has fallen in most European countries since 2015. Serbia and Romania stand out with decreases of 15.3 and 14.4 percentage points each, respectively.
There were also decreases in the indicator in Bulgaria, Latvia, Hungary and Montenegro. In contrast, the percentage of children at risk of poverty or social exclusion has increased by 8.9 percentage points in Turkey since 2015.
Unlike Albania, a large number of countries in Europe promote relief measures and support for families raising children./Monitor
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