Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion

At-risk-of poverty rate of older people

Indicator name At-risk-of poverty rate of older people
Code PN-S1
Type (EU indicator/ NAT - national indicator) EU
Periodicity Annual
Detailed definition Risk of poverty for people aged 0-59, 0-74, 60+, 75+ One should note that for the age breakdown of people aged 75 and more, there may be some potential statistical difficulties due to the size of samples, and non-coverage of collective households by household surveys.
Breakdowns Age: 0-59, 0-74, 60+, 75+ Gender
Comments/ Policy relevance Poverty rate of elderly people (at the 60% threshold of equivalised income). These breakdowns allow to isolate the specific situation of different age groups (younger/older) than the primary indicator.
Source Eurostat – EU-SILC
SPC portfolio section Pensions - adequate pensions

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