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

In 2024, Ireland's at-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex increased by 2.7% compared to 2023, reaching 45.3.

Ireland accounts for 78.2% of the EU-27 total of 57.9.

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 9.6% (from 50.1 in 2019).

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