IE · 2020 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex
Ireland, 2020
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex
12.8%
Ireland, 2020
▼ 4.5% vs 2019 (13.4%)
Analysis
In 2020, Ireland's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 4.5% compared to 2019, reaching 12.8%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 16.7%.
Ireland ranks 22nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 21.0% (from 16.2% in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#22 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2020
76.6%
EU-27: 16.7%
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · ilc_li02