IE · 2015 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
Ireland, 2015
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
17.7%
Ireland, 2015
▼ 4.8% vs 2014 (18.6%)
Analysis
In 2015, Ireland's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 4.8% compared to 2014, reaching 17.7%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 21.4%.
Ireland ranks 20th 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 6.3% (from 18.9% in 2010).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2015
#20 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2015
82.7%
EU-27: 21.4%
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · ilc_li02