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

In 2025, Ireland's at-risk-of-poverty rate for pensioners decreased by 11.2% compared to 2024, reaching 19.0.

Ireland accounts for 126.7% of the EU-27 total of 15.0.

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 grown by 28.4% (from 14.8 in 2020).

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