IE · 2015 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
Ireland, 2015
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
16.2%
Ireland, 2015
▼ 1.8% vs 2014 (16.5%)
Analysis
In 2015, Ireland's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 1.8% compared to 2014, reaching 16.2%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 17.0%.
Ireland ranks 13th 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 11.0% (from 14.6% in 2010).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2015
#13 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2015
95.3%
EU-27: 17.0%
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · ilc_li02