IE · 2019 · tespm150
Persistent-at-risk-of-poverty rate
Ireland, 2019
In 2019, Ireland's persistent-at-risk-of-poverty rate decreased by 46.6% compared to 2018, reaching 5.50.
Ireland accounts for 34.6% of the EU-27 total of 15.9.
Ireland ranks 24th 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 76.1% (from 23.0 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm150, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.