IE · 2010 · tessi010
At-risk-of-poverty rate by sex
Ireland, 2010
In 2010, Ireland's at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex increased by 1.3% compared to 2009, reaching 45.6.
Ireland accounts for 92.1% of the EU-27 total of 49.5.
Ireland ranks 15th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 22.8% (from 59.1 in 2005).
Source: Eurostat dataset tessi010, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.