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

In 2025, Belgium's relative median poverty risk gap of elderly people increased by 20.2% compared to 2024, reaching 13.1.

Belgium accounts for 72.0% of the EU-27 total of 18.2.

Belgium ranks 19th 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 2.3% (from 12.8 in 2020).

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