IE · 2019 · ilc_li02

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

Ireland, 2019

At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex
13.5%
Ireland, 2019
▼ 17.2% vs 2018 (16.3%)
Analysis

In 2019, Ireland's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 17.2% compared to 2018, reaching 13.5%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 17.2%.

Ireland ranks 21st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 20.6% (from 17.0% in 2014).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2019
#21 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2019
78.5%
EU-27: 17.2%
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
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