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

In 2017, Ireland's at-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex decreased by 9.6% compared to 2016, reaching 51.0.

Ireland accounts for 85.0% of the EU-27 total of 60.0.

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 10.1% (from 56.7 in 2012).

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