European ranking
25 / 30
Improved by 1 positions since the previous year
Ireland: At-risk-of-poverty rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Ireland
Current reading for At-risk-of-poverty rate in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: At-risk-of-poverty rate
Latest value
13.00 Percent of people
Compared with Europe
-3.2 puntos
Ireland is 3.2 points below the European average.
EU: 16.23
Affected population
≈ 0.71 million people affected
Year: 2025
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Indicator: At-risk-of-poverty rate
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At a glance
Ireland performs more favourably than the European benchmark on At-risk-of-poverty rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
European comparison in Ireland
In Ireland, Poverty risk is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 13.0% versus 16.2% in 2025, with a gap of 3.2 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Ireland, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 13.00% in 2020 to 13.00% in 2025. The latest value also changes little from 12.70% in 2024, so the recent reading remains stable.
Reading within the topic
In Ireland, Poverty & Financial Vulnerability shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Recent changes among related indicators are also mixed, with improvement in some and deterioration in others.