IE · 2017 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
Ireland, 2017
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
17.0%
Ireland, 2017
▼ 9.6% vs 2016 (18.8%)
Analysis
In 2017, Ireland's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 9.6% compared to 2016, reaching 17.0%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 20.0%.
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 10.1% (from 18.9% in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#17 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
85.0%
EU-27: 20.0%
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · ilc_li02