Risk of poverty greatest in Bugaria
Alongside Bulgaria and Romania, Latvia has been named as the third country in EU where is the highest percentage of citizens at risk of poverty.
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Bulgaria has the highest percentage of citizens at risk of poverty in the EU, while the UK is home to the greatest wealth disparity between regions.
According to statistics published on Monday (7 October) by Eurostat covering 2008 to 2011, almost half of Bulgarians (49.1%) risk falling into poverty or social exclusion, with 40.3 percent of Romanians in the same situation and 36.6 percent of Latvians.