IE · 2011 · tessi010
At-risk-of-poverty rate by sex
Ireland, 2011
In 2011, Ireland's at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex increased by 0.0% compared to 2010, reaching 45.6.
Ireland accounts for 89.9% of the EU-27 total of 50.7.
Ireland ranks 16th 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 17.8% (from 55.5 in 2006).
Source: Eurostat dataset tessi010, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.