Poverty & Inequality in Ireland 154 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Ireland. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys 2025 down 20.0% 16th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 31.4% 33rd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 66.5% 108th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.6 live births per woman 2023 down 17.4% 152nd Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 7,325 kg per hectare 2024 down 13.5% 13th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 62.2% 134th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 3.71 % change on previous year 2024 down 56.8% 50th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 21.9 2023 down 22.0% 77th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 21.9% 2023 down 22.0% 77th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 66.6% 155th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 8.11 % change on previous year 2023 up 1,175.0% 39th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -11.11 % change on previous year 2025 — 77th Gender Inequality Index 0.054 2023 down 55.4% 151st Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 8.7% 2023 down 28.7% 171st Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0763 2023 down 2.7% 202nd Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0763 2023 down 2.7% 202nd Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0878 2023 down 4.8% 207th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.1% 2023 down 85.7% 103rd Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.1% 2023 down 80.0% 91st Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.1% 2023 down 90.0% 113th Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.3% 2023 down 84.2% 116th Prosperity gap 0.7 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2023 down 50.0% 110th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1396 2023 down 16.6% 157th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.1% 2023 down 83.3% 100th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 8.6% 2023 down 40.3% 115th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.1% 2023 down 90.0% 117th Population living in slums 8.5% 2022 up 10.4% 101st Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.886 2023 up 6.0% 9th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.886 2023 up 6.0% 9th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.886 2023 up 6.0% 9th Proportion of population below international poverty line 0.1% 2023 down 85.7% 109th Three metrics of inequality 47.92 2022 up 9.8% 88th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.4792 2022 up 9.8% 88th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 777.17 2023 up 6.7% 19th Income share held by second 20% 13.4% 2023 up 7.2% 23rd Income share held by third 20% 17.1% 2023 up 2.4% 33rd Income share held by fourth 20% 22.0% 2023 down 0.9% 72nd Income share held by highest 20% 38.3% 2023 down 7.3% 100th Income share held by highest 10% 24.1% 2023 down 7.7% 97th Income share held by lowest 10% 3.7% 2023 up 32.1% 14th Income share held by lowest 20% 9.2% 2023 up 26.0% 15th Gini index 29 2023 down 13.4% 104th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 7.3% 2023 down 36.0% 107th Total shortfall from extreme poverty 3.45 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2023 down 87.0% 98th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.1% 2023 down 88.7% 96th At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region 13.0% 2025 down 19.8% 38th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.3247 2022 up 15.3% 95th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 26.8% 2025 down 26.4% 10th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.3247 2022 up 15.3% 95th Material and social deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 10.0% 2025 down 49.0% 21st Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 60,544 2017 up 23.0% 3rd Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region 18.8% 2025 down 26.0% 24th Severe material and social deprivation by NUTS 2 region 5.2% 2025 down 44.7% 17th Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 36.9% 2022 up 20.0% 79th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 13.0% 2022 up 41.1% 70th Severe material deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 4.2% 2020 down 26.3% 25th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region - EU 19.2% 2020 down 29.7% 24th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 35.5% 2023 down 3.8% 30th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.1% 2023 down 88.9% 106th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.2897 2023 down 13.5% 101st Page 1 of 3 Next →