Life Domain: Income, Standard of Living, and Consumption Patterns Goal Dimension: Disparities, Inequalities, and Social Exclusion Measurement Dimension: Subdimension: Indicator: Definition: Population: Social Exclusion Poverty I3314 total Poverty Gap Difference between the poverty threshold and the median equivalised income of the poor as a percentage of this threshold; the poverty threshold is set at 60% of the national median equivalised income (modified OECD equivalence scale) Country 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 EU-12 31 EU-15 24 22 23 23 22 21 22 22 30 EU-25 22 23 30 EU-27 A 20 16 19 19 18 14 19 20 20 15 24 B 21 19 21 20 18 17 15 22 23 18 28 D 29 21 22 21 20 19 19 19 35 D-W D-E DK 13 15 19 16 31 E 24 27 28 27 27 22 24 22 22 25 25 32 F 19 20 21 21 18 18 17 16 16 19 17 24 FIN 15 14 16 17 15 12 14 15 14 14 19 GB GR 32 30 31 29 28 30 28 29 25 24 32 I 26 27 28 26 27 26 28 25 24 32 IRL 14 15 16 18 21 23 24 22 20 20 20 N-IRL L 19 17 16 17 15 17 17 16 17 18 25 NL 27 24 18 21 19 17 17 18 20 21 36 P 28 26 25 26 23 25 22 25 26 29 S 17 18 17 19 34 UK 22 21 21 23 22 23 19 20 20 23 CY 24 19 19 22 CZ 16 18 21 EE 25 24 24 24 26 24 29 H 33 18 17 20 19 33 LV 23 27 34 LT 23 22 28 33 MT 17 18 PL 22 23 30 30 SK 23 26 SI 19 19 19 20 19 24 BG 21 21 20 19 19 20 RO 22 22 23 22 23 22 CH N 17 18 20 46 U.S. JAP
I3314 Source: Notes: Eurostat; online Calculations by Eurostat; EU-25, EU-15: Eurostat estimates; Nl 2000-2003; P 2006, MT 2005/2006, B 2004, : Provisional Values; until 2001 data is obtained from ECHP data source for EU-15 countries, except Denmark, Sweden and Cyprus; from 2005, cross country comparable data from EU-SILC is available for all EU-25; for EU-15 countries except Germany, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, EU-SILC data was also available for 2004. For Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, Austria and Norway, data is available from a 2003 preliminary version of EU- SILC; for the remaining countries and years, data is obtained from national sources which are not fully comparable with EU-SILC; trends in transition years cannot be interpreted reliably; for further information see Eurostat internet database
Life Domain: Income, Standard of Living, and Consumption Patterns Goal Dimension: Disparities, Inequalities, and Social Exclusion Measurement Dimension: Subdimension: Indicator: Definition: Population: Social Exclusion Poverty I3314 Poverty Gap Difference between the poverty threshold and the median equivalised income of the poor as a percentage of this threshold; the poverty threshold is set at 60% of the national median equivalised income (modified OECD equivalence scale) persons aged 15-25 years Country 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 EU-12 EU-15 4 EU-25 A 1 B 6 D 2 D-W D-E DK 2 E 1 F 7 FIN 3 GB GR 16 I 3 IRL 1 N-IRL L 0 NL 1 P 7 S 2 UK 8 CY CZ EE H LV LT MT PL SK SI CH N U.S. JAP
I3314 Source: Notes: Eurostat; online Calculations by Eurostat; EU-25, EU-15: Eurostat estimates; Nl 2000-2003; P 2006, MT 2005/2006, B 2004, : Provisional Values; until 2001 data is obtained from ECHP data source for EU-15 countries, except Denmark, Sweden and Cyprus; from 2005, cross country comparable data from EU-SILC is available for all EU-25; for EU-15 countries except Germany, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, EU-SILC data was also available for 2004. For Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, Austria and Norway, data is available from a 2003 preliminary version of EU- SILC; for the remaining countries and years, data is obtained from national sources which are not fully comparable with EU-SILC; trends in transition years cannot be interpreted reliably; for further information see Eurostat internet database
Life Domain: Income, Standard of Living, and Consumption Patterns Goal Dimension: Disparities, Inequalities, and Social Exclusion Measurement Dimension: Subdimension: Indicator: Definition: Population: Social Exclusion Poverty I3314 Poverty Gap Difference between the poverty threshold and the median equivalised income of the poor as a percentage of this threshold; the poverty threshold is set at 60% of the national median equivalised income (modified OECD equivalence scale) persons aged 26-44 years Country 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 EU-12 EU-15 4 EU-25 A 3 B 6 D 3 D-W D-E DK 1 E 1 F 6 FIN 6 GB GR 11 I 3 IRL 3 N-IRL L 3 NL 2 P 8 S 3 UK 6 CY CZ EE H LV LT MT PL SK SI CH N U.S. JAP
I3314 Source: Notes: Eurostat; online Calculations by Eurostat; EU-25, EU-15: Eurostat estimates; Nl 2000-2003; P 2006, MT 2005/2006, B 2004, : Provisional Values; until 2001 data is obtained from ECHP data source for EU-15 countries, except Denmark, Sweden and Cyprus; from 2005, cross country comparable data from EU-SILC is available for all EU-25; for EU-15 countries except Germany, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, EU-SILC data was also available for 2004. For Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, Austria and Norway, data is available from a 2003 preliminary version of EU- SILC; for the remaining countries and years, data is obtained from national sources which are not fully comparable with EU-SILC; trends in transition years cannot be interpreted reliably; for further information see Eurostat internet database
Life Domain: Income, Standard of Living, and Consumption Patterns Goal Dimension: Disparities, Inequalities, and Social Exclusion Measurement Dimension: Subdimension: Indicator: Definition: Population: Social Exclusion Poverty I3314 Poverty Gap Difference between the poverty threshold and the median equivalised income of the poor as a percentage of this threshold; the poverty threshold is set at 60% of the national median equivalised income (modified OECD equivalence scale) persons aged 45-64 years Country 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 EU-12 EU-15 4 EU-25 A 2 B 2 D 2 D-W D-E DK 0 E 1 F 5 FIN 8 GB GR 23 I 3 IRL 2 N-IRL L 3 NL 1 P 12 S 1 UK 3 CY CZ EE H LV LT MT PL SK SI CH N U.S. JAP
I3314 Source: Notes: Eurostat; online Calculations by Eurostat; EU-25, EU-15: Eurostat estimates; Nl 2000-2003; P 2006, MT 2005/2006, B 2004, : Provisional Values; until 2001 data is obtained from ECHP data source for EU-15 countries, except Denmark, Sweden and Cyprus; from 2005, cross country comparable data from EU-SILC is available for all EU-25; for EU-15 countries except Germany, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, EU-SILC data was also available for 2004. For Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, Austria and Norway, data is available from a 2003 preliminary version of EU- SILC; for the remaining countries and years, data is obtained from national sources which are not fully comparable with EU-SILC; trends in transition years cannot be interpreted reliably; for further information see Eurostat internet database
Life Domain: Income, Standard of Living, and Consumption Patterns Goal Dimension: Disparities, Inequalities, and Social Exclusion Measurement Dimension: Subdimension: Indicator: Definition: Population: Social Exclusion Poverty I3314 Poverty Gap Difference between the poverty threshold and the median equivalised income of the poor as a percentage of this threshold; the poverty threshold is set at 60% of the national median equivalised income (modified OECD equivalence scale) persons aged 65 years and older Country 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 EU-12 EU-15 2 EU-25 A 4 B 5 D 0 D-W D-E DK 0 E 1 F 2 FIN 1 GB GR 30 I 1 IRL 1 N-IRL L 3 NL 0 P 18 S 1 UK 2 CY CZ EE H LV LT MT PL SK SI CH N U.S. JAP
I3314 Source: Notes: Eurostat; online Calculations by Eurostat; EU-25, EU-15: Eurostat estimates; Nl 2000-2003; P 2006, MT 2005/2006, B 2004, : Provisional Values; until 2001 data is obtained from ECHP data source for EU-15 countries, except Denmark, Sweden and Cyprus; from 2005, cross country comparable data from EU-SILC is available for all EU-25; for EU-15 countries except Germany, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, EU-SILC data was also available for 2004. For Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, Austria and Norway, data is available from a 2003 preliminary version of EU- SILC; for the remaining countries and years, data is obtained from national sources which are not fully comparable with EU-SILC; trends in transition years cannot be interpreted reliably; for further information see Eurostat internet database