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The objective of this paper is to determine the tendencies of poverty in the Republic of Croatia and the EU counties. The methodology included the measurement of poverty with the official EU poverty line. Material deprivation rate used by EU Member States is also used in the paper. Regression analysis (OLS method) was used to establish to what extent poverty risk rate can be reduced by increase in income. The main research result indicates that poverty in Croatia is increasing. Its increase has been particularly p...