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

In 2021, Portugal's relative median poverty risk gap of elderly people increased by 9.0% compared to 2020, reaching 19.3.

Portugal accounts for 105.5% of the EU-27 total of 18.3.

Portugal 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 grown by 7.2% (from 18.0 in 2016).

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