27.8% of the Spanish population is at risk of poverty or exclusion, the highest rate since 2016

The percentage of the population at risk of poverty or social exclusion increased to 27.8% in 2021, 0.8 points more than the previous year, the highest figure since 2016, according to the Living Conditions Survey published this Wednesday by the National Statistics Institute (INE).

The survey includes the new definition of the AROPE risk of poverty or social exclusion rate, which affects two of its three dimensions: it is now severe material and “social” deprivation, and there is a new definition of low intensity employment. for your p