At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers by sex - EU-SILC survey

In 2025, Ireland's at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers by sex increased by 3.9% compared to 2024, reaching 26.8.

Ireland accounts for 109.8% of the EU-27 total of 24.4.

Ireland ranks 5th 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 6.9% (from 28.8 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesov250, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.