According to the Statistical Office, the at-risk-of-poverty rate and the number of people living in poverty in Slovenia have fallen substantially over the past years.
Data from the Statistical Office indicate that since 1997, the number of people living below the poverty threshold and the number of unemployed have fallen by 40,000, and continue to fall. According to the data, the risk of poverty diminished, from 12.9% in 2001 to 11.9% in 2002. The risk of poverty in Slovenia is thus considerably below the EU level, which is 15%. In a survey by the Dublin Foundation, Slovenia ranked third among the EU member states with the lowest at-risk-of-poverty rate, immediately after the Czech Republic and Sweden. The share of GDP for social benefits did not increase considerably (in 2002 it amounted to 25.4%) and was below the EU average (which in 2001 amounted to 27.5%). This is an indication of the increased effectiveness of Slovenia’s system of social benefits in.
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