At-risk-of-poverty rate for pensioners - EU-SILC survey

In 2021, Ireland's at-risk-of-poverty rate for pensioners increased by 23.6% compared to 2020, reaching 18.3.

Ireland accounts for 117.3% of the EU-27 total of 15.6.

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 grown by 10.2% (from 16.6 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tespn100, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.