BE · 2019 · tespn090
Relative median poverty risk gap of elderly people - EU-SILC survey
Belgium, 2019
In 2019, Belgium's relative median poverty risk gap of elderly people increased by 8.3% compared to 2018, reaching 11.7.
Belgium accounts for 66.5% of the EU-27 total of 17.6.
Belgium ranks 21st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 14.6% (from 13.7 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespn090, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.