People at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age

In 2025, Ireland's people at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age increased by 9.9% compared to 2024, reaching 18.8.

Ireland accounts for 90.0% of the EU-27 total of 20.9.

Ireland ranks 15th 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 19.1 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_lm411, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.