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
14.7%
Ireland, 2017
▼ 9.3% vs 2016 (16.2%)
Analysis
In 2017, Ireland's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 9.3% compared to 2016, reaching 14.7%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 16.3%.
Ireland ranks 17th 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 9.3% (from 16.2% in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#17 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
90.2%
EU-27: 16.3%
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · ilc_li02