IE · 2016 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex
Ireland, 2016
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex
17.5%
Ireland, 2016
▲ 8.7% vs 2015 (16.1%)
Analysis
In 2016, Ireland's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 8.7% compared to 2015, reaching 17.5%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 18.2%.
Ireland ranks 12th 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 17.4% (from 14.9% in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2016
#12 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2016
96.2%
EU-27: 18.2%
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · ilc_li02