People at risk of poverty or social exclusion by sex

In 2020, Ireland's people at risk of poverty or social exclusion by sex decreased by 5.4% compared to 2019, reaching 38.2.

Ireland accounts for 88.8% of the EU-27 total of 43.0.

Ireland ranks 16th 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 24.8% (from 50.8 in 2015).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_lm410, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.