People who have to pay rent at market price are more at risk of suffering social exclusion or poverty than those who own a home in the Canary Islands. This is clear from the data in the report The State of Poverty 2025, prepared by the European Anti-Poverty Network.
According to housing tenure, two out of ten people who own a home are at risk of poverty or social exclusion, according to the Arope Index (the acronym for At Risk Of-Poverty and/or Exclusion). Meanwhile, almost five out of ten people who rent a home at market price are at risk of poverty.
Despite rising rental prices, the poverty rate among renters has fallen by four points in one year. Meanwhile, that of homeowners has fallen 3.9 points.
Housing is not the only factor influencing poverty levels in the Canary Islands, but it is one of the most important. Other factors include whether they have minors in their care, whether they live in a rural area, are unemployed, or suffer from a disability.
The unemployed have the highest rate of exclusion
The biggest determining factor is their employment situation. The risk of social inclusion affects six out of ten unemployed people (60.8%), and this is only reduced in the case of people with employment (18.8%) or retirees (25.8%).
Families with economically dependent minors have higher rates of risk of social exclusion and poverty. Households with children or adolescents in their care register 32.4% of people at risk, while those without register 29.9%, almost three points of difference.
The disability rate also has an influence, since 42.3% of people over 16 with disabilities are in social exclusion. In contrast, 26.1% of people without disabilities suffer from risk of poverty.
