IE · 2019 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex
Ireland, 2019
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex
16.7%
Ireland, 2019
▲ 5.7% vs 2018 (15.8%)
Analysis
In 2019, Ireland's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 5.7% compared to 2018, reaching 16.7%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 18.7%.
Ireland ranks 18th 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 10.2% (from 18.6% in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2019
#18 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2019
89.3%
EU-27: 18.7%
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · ilc_li02