IE · 2012 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
Ireland, 2012
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
16.2%
Ireland, 2012
▲ 5.2% vs 2011 (15.4%)
Analysis
In 2012, Ireland's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 5.2% compared to 2011, reaching 16.2%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 16.3%.
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 1.2% (from 16.0% in 2007).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2012
#12 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2012
99.4%
EU-27: 16.3%
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · ilc_li02