IE · 2022 · tepsr_lm412
Children (aged less than 18) at risk of poverty or social exclusion
Ireland, 2022
In 2022, Ireland's children (aged less than 18) at risk of poverty or social exclusion decreased by 5.1% compared to 2021, reaching 66.9.
Ireland accounts for 89.9% of the EU-27 total of 74.4.
Ireland ranks 12th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 14.2% (from 78.0 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_lm412, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.