Ireland Poverty Rate 1987-2023
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
- Ireland poverty rate for 2018 was 0.10%, a 0.4% decline from 2017.
- Ireland poverty rate for 2017 was 0.50%, a 0.3% decline from 2016.
- Ireland poverty rate for 2016 was 0.80%, a 0% increase from 2015.
- Ireland poverty rate for 2015 was 0.80%, a 0.4% decline from 2014.
| Ireland Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2018 |
0.10% |
-0.40% |
| 2017 |
0.50% |
-0.30% |
| 2016 |
0.80% |
0.00% |
| 2015 |
0.80% |
-0.40% |
| 2014 |
1.20% |
-0.30% |
| 2013 |
1.50% |
0.20% |
| 2012 |
1.30% |
-0.10% |
| 2011 |
1.40% |
-0.30% |
| 2010 |
1.70% |
0.30% |
| 2009 |
1.40% |
0.60% |
| 2008 |
0.80% |
0.30% |
| 2007 |
0.50% |
-0.10% |
| 2006 |
0.60% |
0.30% |
| 2005 |
0.30% |
-0.10% |
| 2004 |
0.40% |
-0.10% |
| 2003 |
0.50% |
-0.70% |
| 2002 |
1.20% |
0.70% |
| 2000 |
0.50% |
-1.00% |
| 1996 |
1.50% |
0.00% |
| 1995 |
1.50% |
0.30% |
| 1994 |
1.20% |
-7.00% |
| 1987 |
8.20% |
-7.00% |
