IE · 2017 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex
Ireland, 2017
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex
16.5%
Ireland, 2017
▼ 5.7% vs 2016 (17.5%)
Analysis
In 2017, Ireland's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 5.7% compared to 2016, reaching 16.5%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 17.5%.
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 0.0% (from 16.5% in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#16 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
94.3%
EU-27: 17.5%
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · ilc_li02