IE · 2012 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex
Ireland, 2012
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex
16.3%
Ireland, 2012
▲ 7.2% vs 2011 (15.2%)
Analysis
In 2012, Ireland's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 7.2% compared to 2011, reaching 16.3%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 16.9%.
Ireland ranks 12th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 5.2% (from 17.2% in 2007).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2012
#12 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2012
96.4%
EU-27: 16.9%
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · ilc_li02