IE · 2022 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
Ireland, 2022
In 2022, Ireland's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 7.5% compared to 2021, reaching 12.9%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 15.6%.
Ireland ranks 22nd 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 12.2% (from 14.7% in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.