Moreover, the at-risk-of-poverty rate is 25.5%. These persons are not necessarily poor, but they are at the higher risk of poverty than the others. The at-risk-of-poverty or social exclusion rate in 2016 amounts to 38.7%. Individuals aged 18 – 24 are the most exposed to the poverty risk (32.7%), as well as the persons up to 18 (30.2%), while the lowest at-risk-of-poverty rate is found in the group of persons aged 65 and over (19.1%).