The Laeken indicators is a set of common European statistical indicators on poverty and social exclusion, established at the

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of December 2001 in the

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quarter of

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. They were developed as part of the

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, of the previous year, which envisioned the coordination of European social policies at country level based on a set of common goals.

List of Laeken indicators

Most of these indicators are discriminated by various criteria (gender, age group, household type, etc.). * At-risk-of-poverty rate * At-risk-of-poverty threshold * S80/S20 income quintile share ratio * Persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate * Persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate (alternative threshold) * Relative median at-risk-of-poverty gap * Regional cohesion * Long-term unemployment rate * Persons living in jobless households * Early school leavers not in education or training * Life expectancy at birth * Self defined health status * Dispersion around the at-risk-of-poverty threshold * At-risk-of-poverty rate anchored at one moment in time * At-risk-of-poverty rate before cash social transfers * Gini coefficient * In-work at risk of poverty rate * Long term unemployment share * Very long term unemployment rate

References

* Economy of the European Union Welfare economics {{EU-stub