Government and public statistics
Population with disability (Statistics Explained)
Eurostat, Eurostat, 2025
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- What it is
- Eurostat's Statistics Explained article on people with a disability in the EU, based on the EU-SILC survey (dataset hlth_silc_12). It reports the share of people aged 16 and over with some or severe long-standing limitations in usual activities for 2024, by country, sex and age.
- How much weight it carries
- The official EU statistical office, using harmonised EU-SILC data. The measure is a self-reported activity limitation (GALI-type question), not a clinical test or a count of specific impairments such as grasping or lifting. The article was extracted in July 2025.
Facts taken from this source
- In 2024, 23.9 percent of people aged 16 years or over in the EU reported some or severe long-standing limitations in their usual activities due to health problems, which Eurostat calls a disability.
“In the EU, 23.9% of people aged 16 years or over reported some or severe long-standing limitations in their usual activities due to health problems” (Highlights and the first section, Nearly a quarter of people aged 16 years or over)