People at risk of poverty or social exclusion by sex

In 2025, Ireland's people at risk of poverty or social exclusion by sex increased by 9.9% compared to 2024, reaching 37.6.

Ireland accounts for 90.0% of the EU-27 total of 41.8.

Ireland ranks 14th 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 1.6% (from 38.2 in 2020).

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