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

In 2019, Ireland's at-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex increased by 5.7% compared to 2018, reaching 50.1.

Ireland accounts for 89.3% of the EU-27 total of 56.1.

Ireland ranks 18th 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 10.2% (from 55.8 in 2014).

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