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

In 2018, Ireland's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 36.5% compared to 2017, reaching 20.2%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 15.5%.

Ireland ranks 9th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 90.6% (from 10.6% in 2013).

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