IE · 2012 · tessi010
At-risk-of-poverty rate by sex
Ireland, 2012
In 2012, Ireland's at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex increased by 7.2% compared to 2011, reaching 48.9.
Ireland accounts for 96.4% of the EU-27 total of 50.7.
Ireland ranks 12th 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 5.2% (from 51.6 in 2007).
Source: Eurostat dataset tessi010, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.