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

In 2016, Ireland's at-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex increased by 6.2% compared to 2015, reaching 56.4.

Ireland accounts for 87.9% of the EU-27 total of 64.2.

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 grown by 9.9% (from 51.3 in 2011).

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