IE · 2012 · tesem210
At-risk of poverty rate of unemployed persons
Ireland, 2012
In 2012, Ireland's at-risk of poverty rate of unemployed persons increased by 7.7% compared to 2011, reaching 34.9.
Ireland accounts for 75.9% of the EU-27 total of 46.0.
Ireland ranks 23rd 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 18.3% (from 42.7 in 2007).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem210, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.