IE · 2015 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex
Ireland, 2015
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex
13.5%
Ireland, 2015
▲ 14.4% vs 2014 (11.8%)
Analysis
In 2015, Ireland's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 14.4% compared to 2014, reaching 13.5%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 13.7%.
Ireland ranks 17th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 36.4% (from 9.9% in 2010).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2015
#17 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2015
98.5%
EU-27: 13.7%
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · ilc_li02