At-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex

In 2014, Ireland's at-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex increased by 2.2% compared to 2013, reaching 55.8.

Ireland accounts for 86.9% of the EU-27 total of 64.2.

Ireland ranks 17th 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 1.1% (from 56.4 in 2009).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_spi110, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.