IE · 2017 · tespm040
Children at risk of poverty or social exclusion
Ireland, 2017
In 2017, Ireland's children at risk of poverty or social exclusion decreased by 7.7% compared to 2016, reaching 25.2.
Ireland accounts for 102.9% of the EU-27 total of 24.5.
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 24.1% (from 33.2 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm040, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.