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

In 2021, Ireland's relative median poverty risk gap of elderly people increased by 9.3% compared to 2020, reaching 11.8.

Ireland accounts for 64.5% of the EU-27 total of 18.3.

Ireland ranks 22nd 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 5.4% (from 11.2 in 2016).

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