Relative median poverty risk gap by age group - EU-SILC survey

In 2024, Ireland's relative median poverty risk gap by age group decreased by 5.1% compared to 2023, reaching 14.9.

Ireland accounts for 65.6% of the EU-27 total of 22.7.

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

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 4.5% (from 15.6 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tessi030, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.