IE · 2019 · tespm040
Children at risk of poverty or social exclusion
Ireland, 2019
In 2019, Ireland's children at risk of poverty or social exclusion increased by 1.7% compared to 2018, reaching 24.5.
Ireland accounts for 109.9% of the EU-27 total of 22.3.
Ireland ranks 10th 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 21.2% (from 31.1 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm040, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.