Eurostat: Czech Republic has lowest poverty rate in EU

New data from the European statistical office, Eurostat, shows the Czech Republic has the lowest poverty rate in the European Union. The data, which relates to the year 2008, gives the Czech Republic a poverty rate of 9% while the European average is 17%. Eurostat shows the demographic group with the largest poverty rate in the country to be people under the age of 17 at 13%. The country topping the list was Latvia, where every fourth citizen is reported to be living under the poverty line.