BE · 2023 · tespn090
Relative median poverty risk gap of elderly people - EU-SILC survey
Belgium, 2023
In 2023, Belgium's relative median poverty risk gap of elderly people decreased by 15.5% compared to 2022, reaching 9.80.
Belgium accounts for 55.7% of the EU-27 total of 17.6.
Belgium ranks 23rd 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 9.3% (from 10.8 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespn090, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.