At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys

In 2015, Ireland's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 5.3% compared to 2014, reaching 16.1%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 17.8%.

Ireland ranks 16th 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 1.9% (from 15.8% in 2010).

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