What percentage of young Albanians are poor? Girls more affected than boys

2023-04-08 20:38:22Biznes SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
What percentage of young Albanians are poor? Girls more affected than boys
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27.2% of young people in Albania risk being poor. According to the Institute of Statistics, girls are more prone to be affected by this phenomenon than boys.

Being at risk of being poor is one of the reasons that drives young people away from Albania. The risk of young people to be poor mainly for the age of 15-29 years compared to the total population at risk of being poor is 27.2%.

Forbidden by gender, girls appear to be the most vulnerable. In 2020, according to the Institute of Statistics, 30.1% of girls were affected by this phenomenon, while 26.7% of boys. Compared to one year, these values ​​have slightly marked a downward trend. In 2019, 31.7% of girls were at risk of poverty and 27.9% of boys were at risk.

For the age 0-17 years, despite the high value, according to Instat in 2020, the percentage of children who are at risk of being poor, according to the national limit of risk of being poor, presents a downward trend, being decreased by 1.3 percentage points, compared to 2019.

The percentage of children at risk of being poor (relative poverty) to the total population that is at risk of being poor, or the number of individuals aged 0-17 who are below the relative poverty line in relation to the total number of persons that are below the relative poverty line, has decreased by 0.4 percentage points for 2020, compared to 2019

According to Eurostat statistics, the level of the region appears almost the same for all countries. 24.4% of young Albanians are at risk of being poor. North Macedonia records the highest figure of 25.1%, Albania second and then Serbia.

On the other hand, in terms of the degree of severe material and social deprivation, Albania ranks first in Europe, 34%, several times higher than the rate in all of Europe, 6.1%.

Compared to the region, Serbia has the lowest percentage of material and social deprivation, with 10.4% in 2020 and 11.6% in 2021. For North Macedonia, the indicator is 14.9% (2020), while it increases in Montenegro to 22.3 (2020)./ SCAN


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