IE · 2019 · tespm090
At risk of poverty or social exclusion rate for elderly (65+)
Ireland, 2019
In 2019, Ireland's at risk of poverty or social exclusion rate for elderly (65+) decreased by 43.5% compared to 2018, reaching 11.8.
Ireland accounts for 64.1% of the EU-27 total of 18.4.
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 18.1% (from 14.4 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm090, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.