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

In 2025, Portugal's relative median poverty risk gap of elderly people decreased by 23.4% compared to 2024, reaching 18.3.

Portugal accounts for 100.5% of the EU-27 total of 18.2.

Portugal ranks 9th 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 3.4% (from 17.7 in 2020).

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