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Values among 30 countries

Indicator metadata and score calculation

Definition:	Senior citizen poverty rate, persons 65 years or older, cut-off point 50 percent of median equivalised disposable income.
Year:	2023
Unit:	Percent
Direction:	Low values translate into high scores
Source 1:	Eurostat
Data for:
Annotation:	Eurostat: Dataset: At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys [ilc_li02] URL: https://ec.europa.eu/eurosta… extracted 2024/08/29.
Source 2:	OECD
Data for:
Annotation:	OECD: Dataset: Income Distribution Database URL: https://data-explorer.oecd.o… extracted 2024/08/29.

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Minimum:	0
Maximum:	23.6
/	Below/Above IQR boundary value. See FAQ for further information.
Distance:	Distance=(value for calculation-minimum)/(maximum-minimum)
Score:	Score=10-relative distance*9

Top group

Score

Senior Citizen Poverty Rate

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Norway

9.4

1.70

Upper middle group

Denmark

8.9

2.90

Finland

8.7

3.50

Ireland

8.4

4.10

Czechia

8.4

4.20

Slovakia

8.3

4.50

France

7.8

5.70

Belgium

7.8

5.80

Netherlands

7.6

6.40

Sweden

7.4

6.70

Hungary

7.4

6.90

Poland

6.9

8.20

Greece

6.7

8.60

Portugal

6.7

8.60

Slovenia

6.6

8.90

Germany

6.3

9.60

Austria

6.3

9.70

Italy

6.1

10.10

Spain

6.1

10.10

Lower middle group

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4.5

14.50

Canada

4.4

14.80

New Zealand

3.6

16.80

Switzerland

3.4

17.30

Bottom group

Lithuania

2.7

19.20

Israel

2.4

19.90

Japan

2.4

20.00

Australia

1.4

22.60

USA

1.2

23.10

Latvia

1.0

26.50

Estonia

1.0

27.90