IE · 2018 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
Ireland, 2018
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
14.9%
Ireland, 2018
▼ 4.5% vs 2017 (15.6%)
Analysis
In 2018, Ireland's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 4.5% compared to 2017, reaching 14.9%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 16.8%.
Ireland ranks 17th 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 5.1% (from 15.7% in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2018
#17 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2018
88.7%
EU-27: 16.8%
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · ilc_li02