IE · 2018 · tespm040
Children at risk of poverty or social exclusion
Ireland, 2018
In 2018, Ireland's children at risk of poverty or social exclusion decreased by 4.4% compared to 2017, reaching 24.1.
Ireland accounts for 103.0% of the EU-27 total of 23.4.
Ireland ranks 8th 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 29.9% (from 34.4 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm040, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.