Today, 17 October, we mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty with the publication of the 'Gender Poverty Gap in Portugal' datasheet, published by the Gender, Labour, and Power Observatory of ISEG Research.
About 978,000 women lived in monetary poverty in Portugal in 2023, according to the latest datasheet published today by the Gender, Work and Power Observatory of ISEG/ISEG Research, authored by professor Carlos Farinha Rodrigues.
The analysis, based on data from the Living Conditions and Income Survey (ICOR, 2024), reveals that the poverty rate among women was 17.6%, exceeding by 2.2% the equivalent percentage for men, and overall 1% above the national average. In relative terms, women represented 52% of the population in poverty.
The study draws attention to the Gender Poverty Gap (GPG) - the ratio between female and male poverty rates - which reached a value of 1.14. This is higher than the European Union average (1.09). This indicator shows the persistence of gender inequalities in respect of poverty in Portugal.
👉A datasheet can be consulted in full on this link.
