At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys

In 2003, Ireland's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex stood at 20.5%.

Ireland ranks 2nd out of 6 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 7.9% (from 19.0% in 1998).

Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.