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

In 2000, Ireland's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 23.5% compared to 1999, reaching 42.0%.

Ireland ranks 1st out of 21 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 121.1% (from 19.0% in 1995).

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