At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex

In 2020, Ireland's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 11.4% compared to 2019, reaching 14.8%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 19.4%.

Ireland ranks 21st 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 16.4% (from 17.7% in 2015).

Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.