IE · 2019 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
Ireland, 2019
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
13.3%
Ireland, 2019
▼ 1.5% vs 2018 (13.5%)
Analysis
In 2019, Ireland's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 1.5% compared to 2018, reaching 13.3%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 15.9%.
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 19.4% (from 16.5% in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2019
#20 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2019
83.6%
EU-27: 15.9%
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · ilc_li02