Median relative income of elderly people - EU-SILC survey

In 2024, Ireland's median relative income of elderly people decreased by 4.3% compared to 2023, reaching 2.64.

Ireland accounts for 97.8% of the EU-27 total of 2.70.

Ireland ranks 10th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 4.3% (from 2.76 in 2019).

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