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

In 2025, Romania's relative median poverty risk gap of elderly people increased by 13.7% compared to 2024, reaching 19.9.

Romania accounts for 109.3% of the EU-27 total of 18.2.

Romania ranks 7th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 13.5% (from 23.0 in 2020).

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