IE · 2016 · tespm040
Children at risk of poverty or social exclusion
Ireland, 2016
In 2016, Ireland's children at risk of poverty or social exclusion decreased by 5.9% compared to 2015, reaching 27.3.
Ireland accounts for 103.8% of the EU-27 total of 26.3.
Ireland ranks 9th 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 23.3% (from 35.6 in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm040, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.