IE · 2020 · tepsr_spi110
At-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex
Ireland, 2020
In 2020, Ireland's at-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex decreased by 11.4% compared to 2019, reaching 44.4.
Ireland accounts for 76.3% of the EU-27 total of 58.2.
Ireland ranks 21st 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 16.4% (from 53.1 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_spi110, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.