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EU: At risk of poverty rates

1.8 EU: At risk of poverty rates, 2012¹

% of population
Country	Before pensions and social transfers	After pensions and social transfers	Reduction
Czech Republic	38.1	9.6	28.5
Netherlands	36.7	10.1	26.6
Denmark	41.2	13.1	28.1
Slovakia	37.9	13.2	24.7
Finland	41.3	13.2	28.1
Slovenia	41.9	13.5	28.4
Hungary	49.7	14.0	35.7
France	43.7	14.1	29.6
Sweden	41.8	14.1	27.7
Austria	44.2	14.4	29.8
Cyprus	34.2	14.7	19.5
Belgium	42.3	15.0	27.3
Luxembourg	45.8	15.1	30.7
Malta	38.3	15.1	23.2
Ireland	50.4	15.7	34.7
Germany	43.3	16.1	27.2
United Kingdom	45.4	16.2	29.2
EU	44.2	16.9	27.3
Poland	42.7	17.1	25.6
Estonia	40.1	17.5	22.6
Portugal	45.4	17.9	27.5
Lithuania	45.0	18.6	26.4
Latvia	44.6	19.2	25.4
Italy	44.5	19.4	25.1
Croatia	45.7	20.5	25.2
Bulgaria	41.8	21.2	20.6
Spain	46.2	22.2	24.0
Romania	50.1	22.6	27.5
Greece	49.8	23.1	26.7

Iceland	34.4	7.9	26.5
Norway	37.9	10.1	27.8
Switzerland	35.3	15.9	19.4
Source:Eurostat, EU SILC
¹ Data in this table are obtained from the EU Survey on Income and Living Conditions (EU SILC). Rates are calculated using a Eurostat definition of income and modified OECD equivalence scale (see Appendix 1).

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Ireland had the highest percentage of population in the EU in 2012 at risk of poverty, before pensions and social transfers, at 50.4%.
However the at risk of poverty rate in Ireland, (after pensions and social transfers), of 15.7%, was lower than the average EU rate of 16.9%.
The lowest at risk of poverty rate (after pensions and social transfers) in the EU was in the Czech Republic at 9.6% while the highest rate was 23.1% in Greece.
The at risk of poverty rate in Ireland, as calculated by Eurostat, has declined from over 20% in 2003 to 15.7% in 2012, (see chart for data.)

	Ireland
2003	20.5
2004	20.9
2005	19.7
2006	18.5
2007	17.2
2008	15.5
2009	15
2010	15.2
2011	15.2
2012	15.7

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Ireland: At risk of poverty and consistent poverty rates by age group

1.9 Ireland: At risk of poverty and consistent poverty rates by age group¹, 2012-2013
%
	At risk of poverty		Consistent poverty
Age group	2012	2013	2012	2013
0-17	18.8	17.9	9.9	11.7
18-64	16.4	15.3	7.8	8.0
65+	12.1	9.2	2.6	1.9
State	16.5	15.2	7.7	8.2
Source: CSO SILC
¹Calculated using the national definition of income.

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The at risk of poverty rate in Ireland was 15.2% in 2013, with just under one in six of the population at risk of poverty.
The at risk of poverty rate was highest for those aged under 18, with 17.9% of this age group at risk of poverty. People aged 65 and over had an at risk of poverty risk of just over half this rate, at 9.2%.
The consistent poverty rate was 8.2% in 2013. An individual is considered to be in consistent poverty when they are at risk of poverty and are also experiencing enforced deprivation, (see Appendix 1).
Just under one in eight children (11.7%) were in consistent poverty in Ireland in 2013 while the rate for those aged 65 and over was 1.9%.

	At risk of poverty rate	Consistent poverty rate
0-17	17.9	11.7
18-64	15.3	8
65+	9.2	1.9
State	15.2	8.2

Ireland: At risk of poverty and consistent poverty rates by household composition

1.10 Ireland: At risk of poverty and consistent poverty rates by household composition¹, 2012-2013
				%
	At risk of poverty rate		Consistent poverty rate
Household composition	2012	2013	2012	2013
1 adult aged 65+	12.9	12.8	3.1	2.9
1 adult aged < 65	27.1	27.2	16.1	14.5
2 adults, at least 1 aged 65+	13.0	8.7	2.9	1.5
2 adults, both aged <65	12.4	11.2	5.5	3.9
3 or more adults	13.4	11.1	5.6	4.7
1 adult with children aged under 18	29.1	31.7	17.4	23.0
2 adults with 1-3 children aged under 18	13.9	11.1	6.4	6.6
Other households with children aged under 18	21.5	24.7	10.8	15.0
State	16.5	15.2	7.7	8.2
			Source: CSO SILC
¹ Calculated using the national definition of income.

Open in Excel: Measuring Ireland's Progress, 2013 Table 1.10 (XLS 11KB)

Over three out of every ten (31.7%) Irish households composed of one adult with children aged under 18 were at risk of poverty in 2013. The consistent poverty rate for these households was 23%.
Households with three or more adults and children aged under 18 had an at risk of poverty rate of just under a quarter while the consistent poverty rate for these households was 15%.
Single person households where the person were aged under 65 also had high rates of at risk of poverty (27.2%) and consistent poverty (14.5%).
The lowest at risk of poverty rates and consistent poverty rates were for households composed of two adults where at least one was aged 65 or over. 8.7% of these households were at risk of poverty and just 1.5% were in consistent poverty.

Ireland: At risk of poverty and consistent poverty rates by principal economic status

1.11 Ireland: At risk of poverty and consistent poverty rates by principal economic status ¹, 2012-2013
%
	At risk of poverty rate		Consistent poverty rate
Household composition	2012	2013	2012	2013
At work	5.9	5.0	1.9	2.0
Unemployed	34.7	36.7	19.2	23.9
Student	30.2	28.2	11.2	15.2
Home duties	22.3	21.1	10.5	9.4
Retired	11.5	10.0	2.4	1.7
Not at work due to illness or disability	30.3	18.1	17.6	10.8
State	16.5	15.2	7.7	8.2
Source: CSO SILC
¹ Calculated using the national definition of income.

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Over a third (36.7%) of Irish households where the the head of household was unemployed were at risk of poverty in 2013. These households also had a high rate of consistent povery at 23.9%.
In contrast, households where the head of household was at work had an at risk of poverty rate of 5% and and a consistent poverty rate of just 2%.

	At risk of poverty rate	Consistent poverty rate
At work	5	2
Unemployed	36.7	23.9
Student	28.2	15.2
Home duties	21.1	9.4
Retired	10	1.7
Not at work due to ilness or disability	18.1	10.8

EU: Gender pay gap

1.12 EU: Gender pay gap, 2010-2012

Difference between male and female gross hourly earnings as % of average gross hourly male earnings
Country	2010	2011	2012
Slovenia	0.9	2.3	2.5
Malta	7.2	6.2	6.1
Poland	4.5	5.5	6.4
Italy	5.3	5.8	6.7
Luxembourg	8.7	8.7	8.6
Romania	8.8	11.0	9.7
Belgium	10.2	10.2	10.0
Lithuania	14.6	11.9	12.6
Latvia	15.5	13.6	13.8
Ireland	13.9	11.7	14.4
Bulgaria	13.0	13.0	14.7
France	15.6	15.0	14.8
Denmark	15.9	16.3	14.9
Portugal	12.8	12.5	15.7
Sweden	15.4	15.8	15.9
Cyprus	16.8	16.4	16.2
EU	:	16.4	16.4
Netherlands	17.8	17.9	16.9
Spain	16.2	17.8	17.8
Croatia	15.5	17.6	18.0
United Kingdom	19.5	20.1	19.1
Finland	20.3	19.6	19.4
Hungary	17.6	18.0	20.1
Slovakia	19.6	20.5	21.5
Czech Republic	21.6	22.6	22.0
Germany	22.3	22.2	22.4
Austria	24.0	23.7	23.4
Estonia	27.7	27.3	30.0
Greece	15.0	:	:

Norway	16.1	15.9	15.1
Iceland	17.7	18.3	18.7
Switzerland	17.8	17.9	:
Source: Eurostat, EU SES

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Female employees were paid 14.4% an hour less than male employees in Ireland in 2012. This gave Ireland the tenth lowest gender pay gap in the EU in 2012, when the average EU gender pay gap was 16.4%.
Of those EU countries for which data was available in 2012, Slovenia had the lowest gender pay gap at 2.5% while Estonia had the highest at 30%.

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EU: Net official development assistance

1.13 EU: Net official development assistance, 2012-2013

% of GNI
Country	2012	2013
Sweden	0.97	1.02
Luxembourg	1.00	1.00
Denmark	0.83	0.85
United Kingdom	0.56	0.72
Netherlands	0.71	0.67
Finland	0.53	0.55
Belgium	0.47	0.45
Ireland	0.44	0.43
France	0.45	0.41
Germany	0.37	0.38
Austria	0.28	0.28
Portugal	0.28	0.23
Spain	0.16	0.16
Italy	0.14	0.16
Slovenia	0.13	0.13
Greece	0.13	0.13
Czech Republic	0.12	0.11
Poland	0.09	0.10
Slovak Republic	0.09	0.09

Norway	0.93	1.07
Switzerland	0.47	0.47
Iceland	0.22	0.26
Source: OECD Development Co-operation report

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Net official development assistance in Ireland as a percentage of Gross National Income (GNI) was 0.45% in 2013, and was the eighth highest in the EU.
In 2013 the Irish contribution was below the UN 2007 target of 0.7%.
Four EU countries (Sweden, Luxembourg, Denmark, and the United Kingdom) and Norway exceeded the UN target in 2013.
Net official development assistance in Ireland as a percentage of Gross National Income (GNI) increased from 0.36% of GNI in 2004 to 0.57% in 2008 before falling to 0.43% in 2013, (see graph).

	Ireland net ODA as % of GNI	UN target (0.7% of GNI)
2004	0.364617405049976	0.7
2005	0.39420181157518	0.7
2006	0.503107672600032	0.7
2007	0.509540119145388	0.7
2008	0.566293963196178	0.7
2009	0.511810872092794	0.7
2010	0.483514303802455	0.7
2011	0.468058508332429	0.7
2012	0.440964982971448	0.7
2013	0.428421736292466	0.7

EU: Private households with Internet access

1.14 EU: Private households with Internet access¹, 2009-2013

% of households
Country	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Netherlands	90	91	94	94	95
Luxembourg	87	90	91	93	94
Denmark	83	86	90	92	93
Sweden	86	88	91	92	93
Finland	78	81	84	87	89
Germany	79	82	83	85	88
United Kingdom	77	80	83	87	88
Ireland	67	72	78	81	82
France	69	74	76	80	82
Austria	70	73	75	79	81
Belgium	67	73	77	78	80
Estonia	63	68	71	75	80
EU	66	70	73	76	79
Malta	64	70	75	77	79
Slovakia	62	67	71	75	78
Slovenia	64	68	73	74	76
Czech Republic	54	61	67	65	73
Latvia	58	60	64	69	72
Poland	59	63	67	70	72
Hungary	55	60	65	69	71
Spain	54	59	64	68	70
Italy	53	59	62	63	69
Croatia	50	56	61	66	65
Cyprus	53	54	57	62	65
Lithuania	60	61	60	60	65
Portugal	48	54	58	61	62
Romania	38	42	47	54	58
Greece	38	46	50	54	56
Bulgaria	30	33	45	51	54

Iceland	90	92	93	95	96
Norway	86	90	92	93	94
Turkey	30	42	:	:	49
Macedonia	42	46	:	58	:
Source: Eurostat
¹ This table measures all means a household may have of accessing the Internet.

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Over four-fifths of all private households in Ireland had internet access in 2013, compared to 67% in 2009.
Four countries - the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark and Sweden - had household internet access rates of more than 90% in 2013.
The lowest rate for household internet access was in Bulgaria at 54%.
Ireland had the eighth highest rate of internet access for households in the EU in 2013 at 82% while the EU average rate was 79%.

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