IE · 2013 · tepsr_spi110
At-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex
Ireland, 2013
In 2013, Ireland's at-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex decreased by 3.7% compared to 2012, reaching 54.6.
Ireland accounts for 87.9% of the EU-27 total of 62.1.
Ireland ranks 17th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.1% (from 54.0 in 2008).
Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_spi110, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.