IE · 2018 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex
Ireland, 2018
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex
16.3%
Ireland, 2018
▼ 1.2% vs 2017 (16.5%)
Analysis
In 2018, Ireland's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 1.2% compared to 2017, reaching 16.3%.
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 3.8% (from 15.7% in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2018
#16 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2018
93.1%
EU-27: 17.5%
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · ilc_li02