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19.5 pct of Portuguese nationals at risk of poverty: official figures

Xinhua, January 31, 2015 Adjust font size:

Around 19.5 percent of Portuguese people are at risk of poverty, according to statistics released by the National Institute of Statistics (INE) on Friday.

The INE said that 19.5 percent of Portuguese were living on less than 411 euros (464 U.S. dollars) per month in 2013, a worsening situation than the previous year when the risk of poverty had hit 18.7 percent of Portuguese nationals.

Child poverty rose from 24.4 percent in 2012 to 25.6 percent in 2013, it added.

Portugal's financial crisis has squeezed income and the number of people below the poverty line has risen. Endit