SOCIAL EUROPEAN

SCOREBOARD SEMESTER
#SocialRights #EuropeanSemester

MONITORING EU MEMBER STATES’ PERFORMANCE

UNDER THE EUROPEAN PILLAR OF SOCIAL RIGHTS

Building a fairer Europe and strengthening its social dimension is a key priority for this Commission.
The European Pillar of Social Rights is accompanied by a ‘Social Scoreboard’ which tracks trends and performances across
EU countries in three areas related to the principles under the Pillar. The Scoreboard feeds into the European Semester of
economic policy coordination and serves to assess progress towards a social ‘triple A’ for the EU as a whole.

For more information: ec.europa.eu/european-pillar-social-rights

HOW CAN I USE THE SOCIAL SCOREBOARD?

Based on real-life data, the Scoreboard1 allows you to:

Zoom in on EU Member States’ performance on social issues over time

Monitor convergence between EU Member States and general trends

Compare the performance of each of the 28 Member States at a given moment in time

Create your own graphs, tables and maps

WHAT CAN I LEARN FROM THE SOCIAL SCOREBOARD?

The Social Scoreboard includes 14 headline indicators which are used to compare Member States’ performance in the 2018
Joint Employment Report, as developed together with the Member States. Performance is evaluated based on two criteria: the
level of the indicator itself, and the progress made in one year.

The Social Scoreboard was first presented in April 2017 and has been discussed with the Member States. A number of
indicators are being refined in view of the 2019 Joint Employment Report. The analysis provided by the Social Scoreboard
feeds into the preparation of the Country Reports prepared in the context of the European Semester and in the dialogue with
Member States throughout the year. It complements the more qualitative assessment of economic and social challenges
across the EU.

1 https://composite-indicators.jrc.ec.europa.eu/social-scoreboard
CHAPTER I - EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND ACCESS TO THE LABOUR MARKET SOCIAL SCOREBOARD INDICATORS
Early leavers Gender Income People at risk of Young
INEQUALITY AND UPWARD MOBILITY from education employment inequality poverty or social people not in
and training gap exclusion employment,
Income is unequally distributed education or
training (NEETs)
2016 2016 2016 2016 2016
AUSTRIA

BELGIUM
2016
20%
BULGARIA

The CROATIA
richest households CYPRUS
earn over 5 times more CZECH REPUBLIC
than the poorest 20%
DENMARK

ESTONIA

FINLAND

FRANCE

GERMANY

GREECE

HUNGARY
YOUNG PEOPLE NEITHER IN EMPLOYMENT NOR IN EDUCATION AND TRAINING
(NEET RATE) (% OF POPULATION AGED 15–24), 2016 IRELAND

ITALY
25
LATVIA

LITHUANIA
20 LUXEMBOURG

MALTA

NETHERLANDS
15
POLAND

PORTUGAL
10 ROMANIA

SLOVAKIA

SLOVENIA
5
SPAIN

SWEDEN
0
UNITED KINGDOM
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Denmark
Sweden
Germany
Czechia
Austria
Slovenia
Malta
Estonia
Lithuania
Belgium
Finland
Poland
Portugal
UK
Hungary
Latvia
EU28
EA19
France
Slovakia
Ireland
Spain
Greece
Cyprus
Croatia
Romania
Bulgaria
Italy

Best performers Good but to monitor Weak but improving Critical situations

Source: Eurostat Better than average On average To watch

C HAPTER II - DYNAMIC LABOUR MARKETS AND FAIR WORKING C ONDITIONS SOCIAL SCOREBOARD INDICATORS
Employment rate Unemployment rate GDHI per capita growth
REAL GROSS HOUSEHOLD DISPOSABLE INCOME
2016 2016 2015
AUSTRIA
Households have higher incomes than in the past
BELGIUM
2005-2016 BULGARIA
Real gross household income CROATIA
has increased continuously since 2005 CYPRUS
- with the only exception of the year 2009
CZECH REPUBLIC

DENMARK

ESTONIA

FINLAND

FRANCE

GERMANY

GREECE

HUNGARY

IRELAND

ITALY
EMPLOYMENT RATE (% OF POPULATION AGED 20-64), 2017 Q3
LATVIA

LITHUANIA
90
LUXEMBOURG

MALTA

80 NETHERLANDS

POLAND

PORTUGAL
70
ROMANIA

SLOVAKIA

60 SLOVENIA

SPAIN

SWEDEN
50
UNITED KINGDOM

40
Greece
Italy
Croatia
Spain
Belgium
Romania
Poland
EA19
France
Slovakia
Cyprus
Malta
Bulgaria
EU28
Luxembourg
Ireland
Hungary
Slovenia
Portugal
Finland
Latvia
Austria
Lithuania
Denmark
Netherlands
UK
Estonia
Czechia
Germany
Sweden

Best performers Good but to monitor Weak but improving Critical situations

Source: Eurostat Better than average On average To watch

CHAPTER III - PUBLIC SUPPORT / SOCIAL PROTECTION AND INCLUSION SOCIAL SCOREBOARD INDICATORS
Impact of social Children aged less Self-reported unmet Individuals’ level of
IMPACT OF SOCIAL PROTECTION ON REDUCING POVERTY transfers on poverty than 3 years in need for medical digital skills
reduction formal childcare care

Social transfers help to reduce poverty 2016 2015 2015 2017

AUSTRIA

2016 BELGIUM

Social transfers reduced the share of people at risk of poverty BULGARIA

by
8.6
percentage points CROATIA

CYPRUS

% CZECH REPUBLIC
before
DENMARK
30 26.1 26.4 25.8 26.0 26.1 26.1 25.9
25 ESTONIA

20 8.6 FINLAND
15 FRANCE
16.5 16.9 16.8 16.7 17.2 17.3 17.3
10
5 aſter
GERMANY

GREECE

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 HUNGARY

IRELAND
POPULATION WITH AT LEAST BASIC DIGITAL SKILLS
(% OF TOTAL POPULATION AGED 16-74), 2016 ITALY

LATVIA
100
LITHUANIA

LUXEMBOURG

80 MALTA

NETHERLANDS

POLAND
60
PORTUGAL

ROMANIA

40 SLOVAKIA

SLOVENIA

SPAIN
20
SWEDEN

UNITED KINGDOM
0
Bulgaria
Romania
Cyprus
Italy
Poland
Ireland
Greece
Portugal
Malta
Latvia
Hungary
Lithuania
Spain
Slovenia
Czechia
Croatia
Slovakia
France
EU28
EA19
Estonia
Belgium
Austria
Germany
Sweden
UK
Finland
Netherlands
Denmark
Luxembourg

Best performers Good but to monitor Weak but improving Critical situations

Source: Eurostat Better than average On average To watch