European comparative data on persons with disabilities : statistics : data 2020 : summary and conclusions

European Disability Expertise (EDE) provides independent scientific support to the Commission's Disability Policy Unit. The aim of Task 2.1 is to collect, provide and analyse independent data and information on the situation of persons with disabilities. In this report, disability is proxied by health-related limitations in the activities people have usually performed for at least the past six months (EU-SILC survey). The data refer to 2020 and occasionally to 2019 (notably for Germany and Italy). We have used the April 2022 release of EU-SILC 2020 microdata. We have to note that the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the organisation and timing of the survey. Additional data covering 26 Member States (excluding Ireland) were provided by SHARE Corona survey 2. The data below stem from the EU-SILC survey unless otherwise indicated.