IE · 2012 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
Ireland, 2012
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
12.8%
Ireland, 2012
▲ 16.4% vs 2011 (11.0%)
Analysis
In 2012, Ireland's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 16.4% compared to 2011, reaching 12.8%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 14.2%.
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 54.8% (from 28.3% in 2007).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2012
#21 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2012
90.1%
EU-27: 14.2%
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · ilc_li02