Relative median poverty risk gap of elderly people - EU-SILC survey

In 2021, Belgium's relative median poverty risk gap of elderly people increased by 5.5% compared to 2020, reaching 13.5.

Belgium accounts for 73.8% of the EU-27 total of 18.3.

Belgium ranks 18th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 3.1% (from 13.1 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tespn090, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.