# People unable to face unexpected expenses in Ireland

People unable to face unexpected expenses in Ireland was 30.6% in 2025. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

- Indicator id: `unable_to_face_unexpected_expenses_share`
- Place id: `ie`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Share of the population living in households that cannot pay an unexpected but necessary expense from their own resources (EU-SILC, all household types and incomes). The amount is set for each country, close to the monthly at-risk-of-poverty threshold.
- Note: EU statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC). The reference year is the survey year. Self-reported by households; a share of people, not of households.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Inability to face unexpected financial expenses, total population, all household types and incomes (ilc_mdes04) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_mdes04/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Eurostat reuse policy (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: Eurostat. Inability to face unexpected financial expenses, total population, all household types and incomes (ilc_mdes04). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_mdes04/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/unable-to-face-unexpected-expenses/ireland
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=unable_to_face_unexpected_expenses_share&place=ie

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 30.6 |
| 2024 | 31.6 |
| 2023 | 34.3 |
| 2022 | 33.1 |
| 2021 | 29.1 |
| 2020 | 33.4 (break) |
| 2019 | 37.1 (break) |
| 2018 | 37.3 |
| 2017 | 41.6 |
| 2016 | 45.2 |
| 2015 | 50.2 |
| 2014 | 54.5 |
| 2013 | 55.3 |
| 2012 | 56.4 |
| 2011 | 54.4 |
| 2010 | 49.1 |
| 2009 | 48.6 |
| 2008 | 41 |
| 2007 | 39.1 |
| 2006 | 38 |
| 2005 | 22.5 |
| 2004 | 21.1 |
| 2003 | 19.2 |