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
13.5%
Ireland, 2018
▼ 8.2% vs 2017 (14.7%)
Analysis
In 2018, Ireland's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 8.2% compared to 2017, reaching 13.5%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 16.2%.
Ireland ranks 19th 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 14.0% (from 15.7% in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2018
#19 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2018
83.3%
EU-27: 16.2%
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · ilc_li02