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

In 2025, Sweden's relative median poverty risk gap of elderly people increased by 2.7% compared to 2024, reaching 15.3.

Sweden accounts for 84.1% of the EU-27 total of 18.2.

Sweden ranks 14th 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 41.7% (from 10.8 in 2020).

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