IE · 2023 · tepsr_spi110
At-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex
Ireland, 2023
In 2023, Ireland's at-risk-of poverty rate for children (aged less than 18) by sex decreased by 4.5% compared to 2022, reaching 44.1.
Ireland accounts for 75.4% of the EU-27 total of 58.5.
Ireland ranks 18th 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 7.0% (from 47.4 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_spi110, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.