EU 16.23
· European ranking
25 / 30
Down 1 positions compared with previous year
Ireland: Poverty Rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
13.00% of people
EU 16.23 · -3.2 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people whose equivalised disposable income after social transfers is below 60% of the national median. It is a relative-income measure rather than a measure of absolute poverty.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat At-risk-of-poverty rate TESPM010
Explore this indicator
Regional map
· 2024 · 3 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+53.54
19.50
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2-4.72
12.10
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3-15.75
10.70
More context on this indicator
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.