FIGURE 3.4 In most European Union countries, children are at a higher risk of monetary poverty than adults Percentage of population at risk of poverty in the european Union, by age group, 2014 average average adult child poverty poverty rate rate 16.3% 21.1% Czech republic netherlands denmark Slovakia finland france austria Cyprus Slovenia hungary Sweden ireland Belgium Malta luxembourg Germany United Kingdom Poland lithuania Croatia italy Portugal latvia Bulgaria estonia Greece Spain romania 0 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% Population at risk of poverty Total poverty rate adult poverty rate Child poverty rate Note: 'at risk of poverty' is defined as living below the poverty threshold, which is 60 per cent of median equivalized income after social transfers. Source: eurostat (2016) based on european Union Statistics on income and living Conditions. The STaTe of The World’S Children 2016 77