Median relative income of elderly people - EU-SILC survey

In 2021, Ireland's median relative income of elderly people decreased by 1.1% compared to 2020, reaching 2.64.

Ireland accounts for 96.7% of the EU-27 total of 2.73.

Ireland ranks 9th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 3.5% (from 2.55 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tespn020, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.