IE · 2012 · tepsr_spi110
At-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex
Ireland, 2012
In 2012, Ireland's at-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex increased by 10.5% compared to 2011, reaching 56.7.
Ireland accounts for 90.0% of the EU-27 total of 63.0.
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 1.6% (from 57.6 in 2007).
Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_spi110, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.