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

In 2024, Ireland's relative median poverty risk gap of elderly people increased by 40.7% compared to 2023, reaching 11.4.

Ireland accounts for 64.8% of the EU-27 total of 17.6.

Ireland ranks 21st 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 35.7% (from 8.40 in 2019).

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