According to the National Statistics Office, the at risk of poverty or social exclusion rate in 2021 was estimated at 20.3% of the population living in private households. 

Persons are considered to be at-risk-of-poverty or social exclusion if they are in at least one of the following states: at-risk-of-poverty, severely materially and socially deprived, or living in households with very low-work-intensity.

This was estimated to be around 20.3%, or 103,329, of the population living in private households. 

This year, the at risk of poverty threshold was calculated at €10,222. Out of the population living in private households, 16.9% were estimated to be at risk of poverty, remaining unchanged from the previous year. 

This is equivalent to around 85,754. The relative median at risk of poverty gap is an indicator which measures the extent to which the income of those persons who are at-risk-of-poverty falls below the at-risk-ofpoverty threshold. In 2021, this was estimated at 18.3 per cent, an increase of 2.3 percentage points, when compared with a year earlier. 

In 2021, 27,334 persons, equivalent to 5.4 per cent of the population living in private households, were estimated to fall in the category of being materially and socially deprived. 

These cannot afford at least 5 deprivation items. 9.8% of the population, an increase of 0.4%, were socially and materially deprived persons. 

Full report by NSO here.