These 20 Cities Have The Worst Poverty Problems In Europe

Eurostat has just released its annual statistics yearbook, detailing interesting facts and figures about the continent.

One of the aspects that the publication covers is urban poverty and residents' perception of such poverty. In order to find this, the researchers posed the following statement to residents of 75 major cities in Europe — "In this city poverty is a problem."

Those surveyed were asked to either strongly agree, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree or strongly disagree with the statement. Eurostat then listed the cities based on what percentage of those asked either totally or partially agreed that there was a poverty problem in the cities.

We've listed those metropolises here along with the percentage of residents that totally dismissed poverty by disagreeing with the posed statement.

Here to see the European cities with the biggest poverty problems

#20 Dublin, Ireland

Image: flickr/ Darragh Sherwin / SOURCE: Eurostat

Percentage of residents who agree there is a poverty problem: 81 percent

Percentage of residents who strongly disagree there is a poverty problem: 6 percent

Population: 1.19 million

Tied #18 Napoli, Italy

Image: Wikimedia Commons / SOURCE: Eurostat

Percentage of residents who agree there is a poverty problem: 82 percent

Percentage of residents who strongly disagree there is a poverty problem: 4 percent

Population: 1 million

 

Tied #18 Antwerp, Belgium

Image: Wikimedia Commons / SOURCE: Eurostat

Percentage of residents who agree there is a poverty problem: 82 percent

Percentage of residents who strongly disagree there is a poverty problem: 3 percent

Population: 472,000

#17 Glasgow, United Kingdom

Image: Wikimedia Commons / SOURCE: Eurostat

Percentage of residents who agree there is a poverty problem: 83 percent

Percentage of residents who strongly disagree there is a poverty problem: 7 percent

Population: 593,000

 

Tied #15 Lille, France

Image: davidaola via Flickr / SOURCE: Eurostat

Percentage of residents who agree there is a poverty problem: 84 percent

Percentage of residents who strongly disagree there is a poverty problem: 3 percent

Population: 1.1 million

Tied #15 Torino, Italy

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Percentage of residents who agree there is a poverty problem: 84 percent

Percentage of residents who strongly disagree there is a poverty problem: 2 percent

Population: 2.2 million

 

#14 Palermo, Italy

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Percentage of residents who agree there is a poverty problem: 84 percent

Percentage of residents who strongly disagree there is a poverty problem: 2 percent

Population: 855,000

#13 Istanbul, Turkey

SOURCE: Eurostat

Percentage of residents who agree there is a poverty problem: 85 percent

Percentage of residents who strongly disagree there is a poverty problem: 7 percent

Population: 13.3 million

#12 Dortmund

Image: YouTube / SOURCE: Eurostat

Percentage of residents who agree there is a poverty problem: 86 percent

Percentage of residents who strongly disagree there is a poverty problem: 1 percent

Population: 585,000

 

Tied #9 Paris

Image: Pierre Paperon / SOURCE: Eurostat

Percentage of residents who agree there is a poverty problem: 86 percent

Percentage of residents who strongly disagree there is a poverty problem: 4 percent

Population: 2.2 million

Tied #9 Berlin

Image: Stringer / AFP / SOURCE: Eurostat

Percentage of residents who agree there is poverty: 86 percent

Percentage of residents who disagree there is poverty: 3 percent

Population: 3.4 million

Tied #9 Marseilles

Image: Wikimedia Commons / SOURCE: Eurostat

Percentage of residents who agree there is a poverty problem: 86 percent

Percentage of residents who disagree there is poverty: 5 percent

Population: 850,000

#8 Brussels, Belgium

Image: flickr/ mariocutroneo / SOURCE: Eurostat

Percentage of residents who agree there is a poverty problem: 87 percent

Percentage of residents who strongly disagree there is poverty problem: 4 percent

Population: 1.8 million

#7 Athens, Greece

Acropolis / SOURCE: Eurostat

Percentage of residents who agree there is a poverty problem: 88 percent

Percentage of residents who strongly disagree there is a poverty problem: 4 percent

Population: 3.7 million

#6 Liege, Belgium

Image: NguyenDai via Flickr / SOURCE: Eurostat

Percentage of residents who agree there is a poverty problem: 89 percent

Percentage of residents who disagree there is poverty: 2 percent

Population: 190,000

#5 Diyarbakir, Turkey

Image: Adam Reeder via Flickr / SOURCE: Eurostat

Percentage of residents who agree there is a poverty problem: 90 percent

Percentage of residents who strongly disagree there is a poverty problem: 4 percent

Population: 1.5 million

Tied #3 Lisbon, Portugal

Image: flickr/ Fr Antunes / SOURCE: Eurostat

Percentage of residents who agree there is a poverty problem: 91 percent

Percentage of residents who strongly disagree there is a poverty problem: 3 percent

Population: 518,000

Tied #3 Budapest, Hungary

SOURCE: Eurostat

Percentage of residents who agree there is a poverty problem: 91 percent

Percentage of residents who strongly disagree there is a poverty problem: 2 percent

Population: 1.7 million

#2 Riga, Latvia

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Percentage of residents who agree there is a poverty problem: 92 percent

Percentage of residents who strongly disagree there is a poverty problem: 2 percent

Population: 706,000

#1 Miskolc, Hungary

Image: beatbull via Flickr / SOURCE: Eurostat

Percentage of residents who agree there is a poverty problem: 96 percent

Percentage of residents who strongly disagree there is a poverty problem: 1 percent

Population: 173,000

 

 

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