1.1 Ireland: Population distribution by age group, 2007-20171 | ||||||
% | '000 persons | |||||
Year | 0-14 years | 15-24 years | 25-44 years | 45-64 years | 65 years and over | Total |
2007 | 20.2 | 15.2 | 32.1 | 21.8 | 10.8 | 4,375.8 |
2008 | 20.4 | 14.9 | 32.1 | 21.8 | 10.8 | 4,485.1 |
2009 | 20.7 | 14.3 | 31.9 | 22.1 | 11.0 | 4,533.4 |
2010 | 21.0 | 13.5 | 31.7 | 22.4 | 11.3 | 4,554.8 |
2011 | 21.3 | 12.7 | 31.7 | 22.7 | 11.6 | 4,574.9 |
2012 | 21.5 | 12.3 | 31.2 | 22.9 | 12.0 | 4,593.7 |
2013 | 21.5 | 12.2 | 30.8 | 23.1 | 12.3 | 4,614.7 |
2014 | 21.5 | 12.2 | 30.3 | 23.3 | 12.7 | 4,645.4 |
2015 | 21.4 | 12.2 | 29.9 | 23.5 | 13.0 | 4,687.8 |
2016 | 21.2 | 12.1 | 29.6 | 23.8 | 13.3 | 4,739.6 |
2017 | 21.0 | 12.2 | 29.2 | 24.1 | 13.6 | 4,792.5 |
Source: CSO Population Estimates | ||||||
1 Persons in April of each year. Data for 2017 is preliminary. |
1.2 EU: Population 2006 and 20161 | |||
persons | |||
Country | 2006 | 2016 | Change |
EU 28 | 496,436,597 | 510,278,701 | 13,842,104 |
Germany | 82,437,995 | 82,175,684 | -262,311 |
France | 63,229,635 | 66,759,950 | 3,530,315 |
United Kingdom | 60,620,361 | 65,382,556 | 4,762,195 |
Italy | 58,064,214 | 60,665,551 | 2,601,337 |
Spain | 44,009,971 | 46,440,099 | 2,430,128 |
Poland | 38,157,055 | 37,967,209 | -189,846 |
Romania | 21,257,016 | 19,760,314 | -1,496,702 |
Netherlands | 16,334,210 | 16,979,120 | 644,910 |
Belgium | 10,511,382 | 11,311,117 | 799,735 |
Greece | 11,004,716 | 10,783,748 | -220,968 |
Czech Republic | 10,223,577 | 10,553,843 | 330,266 |
Portugal | 10,511,988 | 10,341,330 | -170,658 |
Sweden | 9,047,752 | 9,851,017 | 803,265 |
Hungary | 10,076,581 | 9,830,485 | -246,096 |
Austria | 8,254,298 | 8,690,076 | 435,778 |
Bulgaria | 7,629,371 | 7,153,784 | -475,587 |
Denmark | 5,427,459 | 5,707,251 | 279,792 |
Finland | 5,255,580 | 5,487,308 | 231,728 |
Slovakia | 5,372,928 | 5,426,252 | 53,324 |
Ireland | 4,208,156 | 4,724,720 | 516,564 |
Croatia | 4,312,487 | 4,190,669 | -121,818 |
Lithuania | 3,289,835 | 2,888,558 | -401,277 |
Slovenia | 2,003,358 | 2,064,188 | 60,830 |
Latvia | 2,227,874 | 1,968,957 | -258,917 |
Estonia | 1,350,700 | 1,315,944 | -34,756 |
Cyprus | 744,013 | 848,319 | 104,306 |
Luxembourg | 469,086 | 576,249 | 107,163 |
Malta | 404,999 | 434,403 | 29,404 |
Turkey | 68,860,539 | 78,741,053 | 9,880,514 |
Switzerland | 7,459,128 | 8,327,126 | 867,998 |
Serbia | 7,425,487 | 7,076,372 | -349,115 |
Norway | 4,640,219 | 5,210,721 | 570,502 |
Albania | 3,149,143 | 2,886,026 | -263,117 |
Macedonia | 2,038,514 | 2,071,278 | 32,764 |
Montenegro | 613,109 | 622,218 | 9,109 |
Iceland | 299,891 | 332,529 | 32,638 |
Source: Eurostat | |||
1 Population on the 1st January of the specific year. |
% population change | |
Luxembourg | 22.8450646576534 |
Cyprus | 14.0193786936519 |
Ireland | 12.2753053831655 |
Sweden | 8.87806164448362 |
United Kingdom | 7.85576813044713 |
Belgium | 7.60827643786516 |
Malta | 7.2602648401601 |
France | 5.58332338942017 |
Spain | 5.52176687414768 |
Austria | 5.27940716460685 |
Denmark | 5.15511955041945 |
Italy | 4.48010370036181 |
Finland | 4.40918033785044 |
Netherlands | 3.9482166569427 |
Czech Republic | 3.23043490551301 |
Slovenia | 3.0364018812414 |
EU | 2.7882924191425 |
Slovakia | 0.99245699923766 |
Germany | -0.318191872570409 |
Poland | -0.497538397551907 |
Portugal | -1.62346075737529 |
Greece | -2.00793914172796 |
Hungary | -2.44225695203562 |
Estonia | -2.57318427482046 |
Croatia | -2.82477373265125 |
Bulgaria | -6.23363315271993 |
Romania | -7.04097884670172 |
Latvia | -11.6217075112865 |
Lithuania | -12.1974810286838 |
Turkey | 14.3485864959611 |
Norway | 12.294721434484 |
Switzerland | 11.6367221476827 |
Iceland | 10.8832875944927 |
Macedonia | 1.60724920211487 |
Montenegro | 1.48570645676381 |
Serbia | -4.70157714908127 |
Albania | -8.35519377811678 |
Population | |
Germany | 82175684 |
France | 66759950 |
United Kingdom | 65382556 |
Italy | 60665551 |
Spain | 46440099 |
Poland | 37967209 |
Romania | 19760314 |
Netherlands | 16979120 |
Belgium | 11311117 |
Greece | 10783748 |
Czech Republic | 10553843 |
Portugal | 10341330 |
Sweden | 9851017 |
Hungary | 9830485 |
Austria | 8690076 |
Bulgaria | 7153784 |
Denmark | 5707251 |
Finland | 5487308 |
Slovakia | 5426252 |
Ireland | 4724720 |
Croatia | 4190669 |
Lithuania | 2888558 |
Slovenia | 2064188 |
Latvia | 1968957 |
Estonia | 1315944 |
Cyprus | 848319 |
Luxembourg | 576249 |
Malta | 434403 |
Turkey | 78741053 |
Switzerland | 8327126 |
Serbia | 7076372 |
Norway | 5210721 |
Albania | 2886026 |
Macedonia | 2071278 |
Montenegro | 622218 |
Iceland | 332529 |
1.3 Ireland: Migration and natural increase, 2008-20171 | ||||||||
'000 persons | ||||||||
Year | Inward migration | Outward migration | Net migration2 | Births | Deaths | Natural increase | Population change | Total population |
2008 | 113.5 | 49.2 | 64.3 | 73.0 | 28.0 | 44.9 | 109.2 | 4,485.1 |
2009 | 73.7 | 72.0 | 1.6 | 75.3 | 28.6 | 46.7 | 48.3 | 4,533.4 |
2010 | 41.8 | 69.2 | -27.5 | 77.2 | 28.4 | 48.8 | 21.4 | 4,554.8 |
2011 | 53.3 | 80.6 | -27.4 | 75.1 | 27.7 | 47.5 | 20.1 | 4,574.9 |
2012 | 57.3 | 83.0 | -25.7 | 73.2 | 28.7 | 44.5 | 18.8 | 4,593.7 |
2013 | 62.7 | 81.3 | -18.7 | 69.4 | 29.8 | 39.6 | 21.0 | 4,614.7 |
2014 | 66.5 | 75.0 | -8.5 | 68.4 | 29.2 | 39.2 | 30.8 | 4,645.4 |
2015 | 75.9 | 70.0 | 5.9 | 66.4 | 29.9 | 36.5 | 42.3 | 4,687.8 |
2016 | 82.3 | 66.2 | 16.2 | 65.4 | 29.8 | 35.6 | 51.8 | 4,739.6 |
2017 | 84.6 | 64.8 | 19.8 | 63.9 | 30.8 | 33.1 | 52.9 | 4,792.5 |
Source: CSO Population and Migration Estimates | ||||||||
1 Data refers to the 12 months up to April of each year and is preliminary for 2017. | ||||||||
2 Net migration is the number of inward migrants (immigrants) less outward migrants (emigrants). |
1.4 Ireland: Immigration and emigration by country of origin/destination, 2012-20171 | ||||||
'000 persons | ||||||
Year | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
Immigrants: | ||||||
United Kingdom | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.5 | 16.4 | 18.2 | 18.7 |
Rest of EU 152 | 10.2 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 11.9 | 14.7 | 15.1 |
EU 133 | 10.1 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 12.2 |
Australia | 5.4 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 6.9 | 7.1 |
Canada | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
USA | 5.3 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
Rest of world | 14.5 | 16.7 | 18.6 | 22.8 | 22.2 | 22.8 |
Total persons | 57.3 | 62.7 | 66.5 | 75.9 | 82.3 | 84.6 |
Emigrants: | ||||||
United Kingdom | 18.1 | 20.0 | 16.4 | 16.6 | 14.4 | 12.1 |
Rest of EU 152 | 13.7 | 10.5 | 14.8 | 13.3 | 13.9 | 12.9 |
EU 133 | 9.2 | 13.0 | 8.0 | 5.9 | 9.3 | 9.7 |
Australia | 17.4 | 14.1 | 9.2 | 6.5 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
Canada | 2.8 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 6.6 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
USA | 8.2 | 5.7 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 6.5 |
Rest of world | 13.7 | 13.2 | 16.0 | 15.9 | 14.2 | 14.6 |
Total persons | 83.0 | 81.3 | 75.0 | 70.0 | 66.2 | 64.8 |
Source: CSO Population and Migration Estimates | ||||||
1 The data is for the 12 months up to April of each year and is preliminary for 2017. | ||||||
2 Rest of EU 15: Countries before enlargement on 1 May 2004, (i.e., Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Portugal). | ||||||
3 EU 13: Defined as the 10 countries who joined on 1 May 2004 (Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia), along with Bulgaria and Romania (joined 1 January 2007) and Croatia (joined 1 July 2013). |
UK | Rest of EU15 | EU13 | Rest of world | |
2008 | 19400 | 14500 | 45500 | 20000 |
2009 | 13400 | 18100 | 17500 | 13600 |
2010 | 9100 | 7800 | 8700 | 7600 |
2011 | 11900 | 9700 | 9800 | 12900 |
2012 | 10100 | 10200 | 10100 | 14500 |
2013 | 11700 | 11600 | 10700 | 16700 |
2014 | 13500 | 11700 | 10800 | 18600 |
2015 | 16400 | 11900 | 11900 | 22800 |
2016 | 18200 | 14700 | 11900 | 22200 |
2017 | 18700 | 15100 | 12200 | 22800 |
1.5 EU: Young and old age dependency ratios, 20161 | |||
% of population aged 15-64 | |||
Country | Young and old age dependency ratio | Young age dependency ratio (0-14) | Old age dependency ratio (65 & over) |
Slovakia | 42.4 | 21.8 | 20.6 |
Luxembourg | 44.3 | 23.8 | 20.5 |
Poland | 44.9 | 21.8 | 23.1 |
Cyprus | 46.1 | 24.0 | 22.1 |
Hungary | 48.7 | 21.6 | 27.2 |
Austria | 48.8 | 21.3 | 27.5 |
Romania | 49.0 | 23.1 | 25.9 |
Slovenia | 49.8 | 22.2 | 27.6 |
Malta | 49.9 | 21.4 | 28.6 |
Lithuania | 50.7 | 22.1 | 28.6 |
Czech Republic | 50.8 | 23.2 | 27.6 |
Croatia | 51.1 | 22.0 | 29.0 |
Spain | 51.2 | 22.9 | 28.3 |
Germany | 52.2 | 20.2 | 32.0 |
Bulgaria | 52.4 | 21.3 | 31.1 |
Netherlands | 53.0 | 25.2 | 27.8 |
EU 28 | 53.2 | 23.9 | 29.3 |
Portugal | 53.4 | 21.7 | 31.8 |
Latvia | 53.6 | 23.4 | 30.2 |
Estonia | 54.1 | 24.8 | 29.3 |
Ireland | 54.2 | 33.8 | 20.4 |
Belgium | 54.4 | 26.2 | 28.2 |
Denmark | 55.4 | 26.1 | 29.3 |
United Kingdom | 55.4 | 27.5 | 27.9 |
Italy | 55.5 | 21.2 | 34.3 |
Greece | 55.5 | 22.5 | 33.1 |
Finland | 58.2 | 25.8 | 32.4 |
Sweden | 59.2 | 27.8 | 31.5 |
France | 59.4 | 29.4 | 30.0 |
Macedonia | 42.1 | 23.7 | 18.5 |
Albania | 43.9 | 25.4 | 18.5 |
Turkey | 47.6 | 35.4 | 12.2 |
Montenegro | 47.9 | 27.1 | 20.8 |
Switzerland | 48.8 | 22.1 | 26.7 |
Serbia | 50.2 | 21.7 | 28.5 |
Iceland | 51.2 | 30.3 | 21.0 |
Norway | 52.3 | 27.3 | 25.0 |
Source: Eurostat | |||
1 Data refers to 1st January. |
1.6 EU: Total fertility rate1, 2005-2015 and proportion of live births outside marriage 2015 | ||||
Country | Total fertility rate | Proportion of live births outside marriage 2015 | ||
2005 | 2010 | 2015 | ||
France | 1.94 | 2.03 | 1.96 | 59.1 |
Ireland | 1.86 | 2.05 | 1.92 | 36.5 |
Sweden | 1.77 | 1.98 | 1.85 | 54.7 |
United Kingdom | 1.76 | 1.92 | 1.80 | 47.9 |
Denmark | 1.80 | 1.87 | 1.71 | 53.8 |
Belgium | 1.76 | 1.86 | 1.70 | 49.4 |
Latvia | 1.39 | 1.36 | 1.70 | 41.5 |
Lithuania | 1.29 | 1.50 | 1.70 | 27.7 |
Netherlands | 1.71 | 1.79 | 1.66 | 49.8 |
Finland | 1.80 | 1.87 | 1.65 | 44.3 |
EU 28 | 1.51 | 1.62 | 1.58 | 42.0 |
Estonia | 1.52 | 1.72 | 1.58 | 57.9 |
Romania | 1.40 | 1.59 | 1.58 | 31.0 |
Czech Republic | 1.29 | 1.51 | 1.57 | 47.8 |
Slovenia | 1.26 | 1.57 | 1.57 | 57.9 |
Bulgaria | 1.37 | 1.57 | 1.53 | 58.6 |
Germany | 1.34 | 1.39 | 1.50 | 35.0 |
Austria | 1.41 | 1.44 | 1.49 | 42.1 |
Luxembourg | 1.63 | 1.63 | 1.47 | 38.8 |
Hungary | 1.31 | 1.25 | 1.45 | 47.9 |
Malta | 1.38 | 1.36 | 1.45 | 26.9 |
Croatia | 1.50 | 1.55 | 1.40 | 18.1 |
Slovakia | 1.27 | 1.43 | 1.40 | 39.2 |
Italy | 1.34 | 1.46 | 1.35 | 30.0 |
Greece | 1.34 | 1.48 | 1.33 | 8.8 |
Spain | 1.33 | 1.37 | 1.33 | 44.5 |
Cyprus | 1.48 | 1.44 | 1.32 | 16.6 |
Poland | 1.24 | 1.41 | 1.32 | 24.6 |
Portugal | 1.41 | 1.39 | 1.31 | 50.7 |
Turkey | : | 2.04 | 2.14 | 2.8 |
Iceland | 2.05 | 2.20 | 1.80 | 66.9 |
Montenegro | 1.69 | 1.70 | 1.74 | 15.7 |
Norway | 1.84 | 1.95 | 1.72 | 55.9 |
Albania | 1.61 | : | 1.67 | : |
Switzerland | 1.42 | 1.52 | 1.54 | 22.9 |
Macedonia | 1.46 | 1.56 | 1.50 | 11.0 |
Serbia | 1.45 | 1.40 | 1.46 | 25.5 |
Source: Eurostat | ||||
1 2014 data used for proportion of live births outside marriage for EU and Belgium, 2012 data used for Iceland and 2009 data used for Montenegro. |
1.7 EU: Divorce rates, 2005, 2010 and 20151 | |||
divorces per 1,000 population | |||
Country | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 |
Ireland | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
Malta | : | : | 0.9 |
Slovenia | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
Greece | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
Croatia | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
Italy | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.4 |
Bulgaria | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
Romania | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
United Kingdom | 2.6 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
Poland | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
Slovakia | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
EU 28 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.9 |
France | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
Austria | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
Germany | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.0 |
Netherlands | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
Spain | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
Cyprus | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
Hungary | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
Belgium | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
Portugal | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
Luxembourg | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
Czech Republic | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
Finland | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
Sweden | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
Estonia | 3.0 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
Latvia | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
Denmark | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.9 |
Lithuania | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
Montenegro | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
Macedonia | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
Albania | 1.3 | : | 1.3 |
Serbia | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.3 |
Iceland | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
Turkey | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
Norway | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
Switzerland | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
Source: Eurostat | |||
1 For 2015 data, 2014 used for Greece, 2013 used for EU and Ireland and 2011 used for Iceland. |
1.8 EU: At risk of poverty rates, 20161,2 | |||
% of population | |||
Country | Before pensions and social transfers | After pensions and social transfers | Reduction |
Czech Republic | 36.5 | 9.7 | 26.8 |
Finland | 43.7 | 11.6 | 32.1 |
Denmark | 40.2 | 11.9 | 28.3 |
Netherlands | 38.4 | 12.7 | 25.7 |
Slovakia | 37.9 | 12.7 | 25.2 |
France | 45.0 | 13.6 | 31.4 |
Slovenia | 41.2 | 13.9 | 27.3 |
Austria | 44.8 | 14.1 | 30.7 |
Hungary | 47.6 | 14.5 | 33.1 |
Belgium | 44.2 | 15.5 | 28.7 |
United Kingdom | 42.7 | 15.9 | 26.8 |
Cyprus | 38.3 | 16.1 | 22.2 |
Sweden | 45.0 | 16.2 | 28.8 |
Germany | 43.4 | 16.5 | 26.9 |
Luxembourg | 44.4 | 16.5 | 27.9 |
Malta | 37.9 | 16.5 | 21.4 |
Ireland | 44.6 | 16.6 | 28.0 |
EU 28 | 44.5 | 17.3 | 27.2 |
Poland | 43.1 | 17.3 | 25.8 |
Portugal | 46.1 | 19.0 | 27.1 |
Croatia | 44.8 | 19.5 | 25.3 |
Italy | 46.5 | 20.6 | 25.9 |
Greece | 52.9 | 21.2 | 31.7 |
Estonia | 39.7 | 21.7 | 18.0 |
Latvia | 40.2 | 21.8 | 18.4 |
Lithuania | 42.0 | 21.9 | 20.1 |
Spain | 46.8 | 22.3 | 24.5 |
Bulgaria | 45.5 | 22.9 | 22.6 |
Romania | 49.5 | 25.3 | 24.2 |
Iceland | 32.5 | 9.6 | 22.9 |
Norway | 40.9 | 12.2 | 28.7 |
Switzerland | 38.0 | 14.7 | 23.3 |
Macedonia | 40.5 | 21.5 | 19.0 |
Turkey | 39.6 | 22.5 | 17.1 |
Serbia | 54.9 | 25.5 | 29.4 |
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). | |||
2 2015 data used for Iceland, Macedonia and Turkey. |
Ireland | |
2008 | 15.5 |
2009 | 15 |
2010 | 15.2 |
2011 | 15.2 |
2012 | 16.6 |
2013 | 15.7 |
2014 | 16.4 |
2015 | 16.3 |
2016 | 16.6 |
1.9 Ireland: At risk of poverty and consistent poverty rates by age group1, 2014-2016 | |||||||
% | |||||||
Age group | At risk of poverty | Consistent poverty | |||||
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | ||
0-17 | 20.3 | 19.5 | 19.3 | 12.7 | 11.5 | 11.1 | |
18-64 | 17.2 | 17.1 | 16.6 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 8.5 | |
65+ | 10.9 | 10.7 | 10.2 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 2.1 | |
State | 17.2 | 16.9 | 16.5 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 8.3 | |
Source: CSO SILC | |||||||
1 Calculated using the national definition of income. |
At risk of poverty rate | Consistent poverty rate | |
0-17 | 19.3 | 11.1 |
18-64 | 16.6 | 8.5 |
65+ | 10.2 | 2.1 |
State | 16.5 | 8.3 |
1.10 Ireland: At risk of poverty and consistent poverty rates by household composition1, 2014-2016 | |||||||
% | |||||||
Household Composition | At risk of poverty | Consistent poverty | |||||
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | ||
1 adult aged 65+ | 14.7 | 14.7 | 13.0 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 | |
1 adult aged < 65 | 26.6 | 34.8 | 35.7 | 14.9 | 17.7 | 17.4 | |
2 adults, at least 1 aged 65+ | 11.0 | 9.6 | 10.4 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 1.7 | |
2 adults, both aged <65 | 11.0 | 11.7 | 13.1 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 5.8 | |
3 or more adults | 15.5 | 14.1 | 11.9 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.5 | |
1 adult with children aged under 18 | 36.5 | 36.2 | 40.2 | 25.0 | 26.2 | 24.6 | |
2 adults with 1-3 children aged under 18 | 13.8 | 14.5 | 12.0 | 8.9 | 7.7 | 6.4 | |
Other households with children aged under 18 | 24.8 | 21.9 | 23.4 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 14.4 | |
State | 17.2 | 16.9 | 16.5 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 8.3 | |
Source: CSO SILC | |||||||
1 Calculated using the national definition of income. |
1.11 Ireland: At risk of poverty and consistent poverty rates by principal economic status1, 2014-2016 | |||||||
% | |||||||
Principal Economic Status | At risk of poverty | Consistent poverty | |||||
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | ||
At work | 6.0 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 1.9 | |
Unemployed | 38.0 | 43.5 | 41.9 | 24.2 | 26.2 | 25.2 | |
Student | 35.1 | 32.0 | 30.3 | 13.6 | 16.8 | 15.1 | |
Home duties | 26.4 | 24.9 | 25.7 | 13.2 | 12.5 | 12.3 | |
Retired | 11.4 | 12.7 | 11.8 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 2.3 | |
Not at work due to illness or disability | 25.2 | 34.8 | 39.1 | 14.4 | 22.4 | 26.3 | |
State | 17.2 | 16.9 | 16.5 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 8.3 | |
Source: CSO SILC | |||||||
1 Calculated using the national definition of income. |
At risk of poverty rate | Consistent poverty rate | |
At work | 5.6 | 1.9 |
Unemployed | 41.9 | 25.2 |
Student | 30.3 | 15.1 |
Home duties | 25.7 | 12.3 |
Retired | 11.8 | 2.3 |
Not at work due to illness or disability | 39.1 | 26.3 |
1.12 EU: Gender pay gap, 2013-20151 | |||
% Gender pay gap | |||
Country | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Romania | 4.9 | 4.5 | 5.8 |
Luxembourg | 6.2 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
Slovenia | 6.3 | 7.0 | 8.1 |
Italy | 7.0 | 6.1 | 5.5 |
Poland | 7.1 | 7.7 | 7.7 |
Belgium | 7.5 | 6.6 | 6.5 |
Croatia | 9.0 | 10.4 | : |
Malta | 9.7 | 10.6 | : |
Lithuania | 12.2 | 13.3 | 14.2 |
Ireland | 12.9 | 13.9 | : |
Portugal | 13.3 | 14.9 | 17.8 |
Bulgaria | 14.1 | 14.2 | 15.4 |
Sweden | 14.6 | 13.8 | 14.0 |
Cyprus | 14.9 | 14.2 | 14.0 |
Greece | 15.0 | : | : |
France | 15.5 | 15.5 | 15.8 |
Latvia | 16.0 | 17.3 | 17.0 |
Denmark | 16.5 | 16.0 | 15.1 |
Netherlands | 16.5 | 16.1 | 16.1 |
EU 28 | 16.8 | 16.7 | 16.3 |
Spain | 17.8 | 14.9 | 14.9 |
Hungary | 18.4 | 15.1 | 14.0 |
Slovakia | 18.8 | 19.7 | 19.6 |
Finland | 18.8 | 18.4 | 17.3 |
United Kingdom | 20.5 | 20.9 | 20.8 |
Germany | 22.1 | 22.3 | 22.0 |
Czech Republic | 22.3 | 22.5 | 22.5 |
Austria | 22.3 | 22.2 | 21.7 |
Estonia | 29.8 | 28.1 | 26.9 |
Norway | 15.5 | 14.5 | 14.9 |
Iceland | 19.0 | 16.7 | 17.5 |
Switzerland | 19.3 | : | 17.7 |
Macedonia | : | 9.1 | : |
Source: Eurostat, EU SES | |||
1 2010 data used for Greece |
1.13 EU: Net official development assistance, 2012-2016 | |||||
% of GNI | |||||
Country | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
Luxembourg | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.06 | 0.95 | 1.00 |
Sweden | 0.97 | 1.01 | 1.09 | 1.41 | 0.94 |
Denmark | 0.83 | 0.85 | 0.86 | 0.85 | 0.75 |
Germany | 0.37 | 0.38 | 0.42 | 0.52 | 0.70 |
United Kingdom | 0.56 | 0.71 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.70 |
Netherlands | 0.71 | 0.67 | 0.64 | 0.75 | 0.65 |
Belgium | 0.48 | 0.45 | 0.46 | 0.42 | 0.49 |
Finland | 0.53 | 0.54 | 0.59 | 0.55 | 0.44 |
Austria | 0.28 | 0.27 | 0.28 | 0.35 | 0.41 |
Ireland (% of GNI*) | 0.47 | 0.45 | 0.40 | 0.37 | 0.38 |
France | 0.45 | 0.41 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.38 |
Spain | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.33 |
Ireland (% of GNI) | 0.44 | 0.42 | 0.37 | 0.31 | 0.32 |
Italy | 0.14 | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.22 | 0.26 |
Malta | 0.23 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.17 | 0.20 |
Estonia | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.19 |
Slovenia | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.18 |
Portugal | 0.28 | 0.23 | 0.19 | 0.16 | 0.17 |
Czech Republic | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.14 |
Greece | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.14 |
Lithuania | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.14 |
Poland | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.13 |
Hungary | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.13 |
Slovakia | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.12 |
Romania | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.11 |
Latvia | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.10 |
Bulgaria | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.09 | : |
Cyprus | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.09 | : |
Norway | 0.93 | 1.08 | 1.00 | 1.05 | 1.11 |
Turkey | 0.32 | 0.40 | 0.45 | 0.50 | 0.79 |
Switzerland | 0.47 | 0.46 | 0.51 | 0.51 | 0.54 |
Iceland | 0.20 | 0.23 | 0.22 | 0.24 | 0.25 |
Source: OECD Development Co-operation report |
Ireland net ODA as % of GNI | Ireland net ODA as % of GNI* | UN target 0.7% of GNI | |
2007 | 0.510767823210641 | 0.516600131685876 | 0.7 |
2008 | 0.56627447121269 | 0.574109870923489 | 0.7 |
2009 | 0.507897660942093 | 0.521511821030892 | 0.7 |
2010 | 0.481369888383158 | 0.509541653786125 | 0.7 |
2011 | 0.470625313372968 | 0.500350300039599 | 0.7 |
2012 | 0.438557342296481 | 0.472643920036074 | 0.7 |
2013 | 0.415880621177208 | 0.44550889829027 | 0.7 |
2014 | 0.370696827559596 | 0.398078429595292 | 0.7 |
2015 | 0.31247768223361 | 0.374576290794664 | 0.7 |
2016 | 0.317776255587463 | 0.382585389320322 | 0.7 |
1.14 EU: Private households with Internet access1, 2012-2016 | |||||
% of households | |||||
Country | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
Luxembourg | 93 | 94 | 96 | 97 | 97 |
Netherlands | 94 | 95 | 96 | 96 | 97 |
Denmark | 92 | 93 | 93 | 92 | 94 |
Sweden | 92 | 93 | 90 | 91 | 94 |
United Kingdom | 87 | 88 | 90 | 91 | 93 |
Germany | 85 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 92 |
Finland | 87 | 89 | 90 | 90 | 92 |
Ireland | 81 | 82 | 82 | 85 | 87 |
Estonia | 74 | 79 | 83 | 88 | 86 |
France | 80 | 82 | 83 | 83 | 86 |
EU 28 | 76 | 79 | 81 | 83 | 85 |
Belgium | 78 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 85 |
Austria | 79 | 81 | 81 | 82 | 85 |
Czech Republic | 65 | 73 | 78 | 79 | 82 |
Spain | 67 | 70 | 74 | 79 | 82 |
Malta | 77 | 79 | 81 | 82 | 82 |
Slovakia | 75 | 78 | 78 | 79 | 81 |
Poland | 70 | 72 | 75 | 76 | 80 |
Italy | 63 | 69 | 73 | 75 | 79 |
Hungary | 67 | 70 | 73 | 76 | 79 |
Slovenia | 74 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 78 |
Croatia | 66 | 65 | 68 | 77 | 77 |
Latvia | 69 | 72 | 73 | 76 | 77 |
Cyprus | 62 | 65 | 69 | 71 | 74 |
Portugal | 61 | 62 | 65 | 70 | 74 |
Lithuania | 60 | 65 | 66 | 68 | 72 |
Romania | 54 | 58 | 61 | 68 | 72 |
Greece | 54 | 56 | 66 | 68 | 69 |
Bulgaria | 51 | 54 | 57 | 59 | 64 |
Norway | 93 | 94 | 93 | 97 | 97 |
Turkey | 47 | 49 | 60 | 70 | 76 |
Macedonia | 58 | 65 | 68 | 69 | 75 |
Iceland | 95 | 96 | 96 | : | : |
Switzerland | : | : | 91 | : | : |
Montenegro | 55 | : | : | : | : |
Serbia | : | : | : | 64 | : |
Source: Eurostat | |||||
1 This table measures all means a household may have of accessing the Internet. |
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