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

In 2003, Ireland's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex stood at 39.5%.

Ireland ranks 1st out of 6 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 19.7% (from 33.0% in 1998).

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