IE · 2015 · tespm040
Children at risk of poverty or social exclusion
Ireland, 2015
In 2015, Ireland's children at risk of poverty or social exclusion decreased by 6.8% compared to 2014, reaching 29.0.
Ireland accounts for 109.4% of the EU-27 total of 26.5.
Ireland ranks 10th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 15.0% (from 34.1 in 2010).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm040, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.