IE · 2016 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
Ireland, 2016
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
16.6%
Ireland, 2016
▲ 23.0% vs 2015 (13.5%)
Analysis
In 2016, Ireland's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 23.0% compared to 2015, reaching 16.6%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 14.3%.
Ireland ranks 13th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 50.9% (from 11.0% in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2016
#13 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2016
116.1%
EU-27: 14.3%
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · ilc_li02