At-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex

In 2010, Ireland's at-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex increased by 0.5% compared to 2009, reaching 56.7.

Ireland accounts for 89.6% of the EU-27 total of 63.3.

Ireland ranks 15th 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 17.8% (from 69.0 in 2005).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_spi110, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.