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

In 2010, Ireland's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 38.9% compared to 2009, reaching 9.9%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 15.3%.

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 69.8% (from 32.8% in 2005).

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