Poverty & Inequality in Ireland 154 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Ireland. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 4,372 people 2023 down 87.2% 108th Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 0.1% 2023 down 88.9% 106th How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 0.1% 2023 down 88.9% 106th Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 0.1% 2023 down 88.9% 106th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 5.29 million people 2023 up 17.3% 64th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 0.1% 2023 down 88.9% 106th Share in poverty relative to different poverty lines 0.1% 2023 down 88.9% 106th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 3.69 million people 2023 up 88.3% 36th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day 11.4% 2023 down 67.7% 108th Share of population living in extreme poverty 0.1% 2023 down 88.9% 106th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day 0.3% 2023 down 86.6% 116th Number of people living in extreme poverty 5.31 million people 2023 up 15.6% 91st Distribution of population between different poverty lines 4,372 people 2023 down 87.2% 108th Number of people living in extreme poverty 4,372 people 2023 down 87.2% 108th Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption 0.3% 2023 down 86.6% 116th The share and number of people living in extreme poverty 0.1% 2023 down 88.9% 106th Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median 2.5% 2023 down 56.0% 107th Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median 7.3% 2023 down 36.0% 104th Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median 11.7% 2023 down 38.3% 110th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day 30.5% 2023 down 47.0% 100th Extreme monetary poverty and multidimensional poverty over time 0.1% 2023 down 88.9% 106th Share of population living on less than $4.20 per day vs. share in multidimensional poverty 0.1% 2023 down 92.1% 116th Share of global population living in extreme poverty including and excluding China 0.1% 2023 down 88.9% 106th Share of the population in poverty vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.3% 2023 down 86.5% 116th Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data 4,372 people 2023 down 87.2% 108th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 3.69 million people 2023 up 88.3% 36th Gini coefficient 0.2897 2023 down 13.5% 101st Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate 0.1% 2023 down 88.9% 104th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (World Bank) 0.5% 2020 down 82.1% 49th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.277 2023 down 10.4% 38th Gini coefficient (after tax) 0.277 2023 down 10.4% 38th Distribution of population between different poverty lines (2011 prices) 5.02 million people 2021 up 12.7% 59th Share of population living in extreme poverty (2011 prices) 0.1% 2021 down 86.5% 97th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) 13.8% 2021 down 62.9% 113th Share of population living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 0.1% 2021 down 86.5% 97th Number of people living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 3,198 people 2021 down 85.2% 103rd Share of population living on less than the lower-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 0.1% 2021 down 86.0% 107th Share of population living on less than the upper-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 0.1% 2021 down 89.5% 114th Share of population living in extreme poverty (2017 prices) 0.1% 2021 down 88.3% 96th Reduction in income inequality before and after tax 41.2% 2023 down 10.5% 8th Reduction in income inequality before and after tax among total vs. working age population 34.3% 2023 down 15.8% 3rd At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) 28.2% 2025 down 27.9% 41st At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 17.2% 2025 down 37.7% 12th Relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - EU-SILC and 19.8% 2025 up 20.0% 42nd Gender differences in the at-risk-of-poverty rate by age 8.55 Number 2025 up 85.5% 4th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract 4.1% 2025 up 36.7% 30th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by months worked 14.2% 2025 up 27.9% 29th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by full-/part-time work 9.4% 2025 down 2.1% 40th Tenure status by level of disability (activity limitation) and 73.2% 2025 up 1.8% 27th Persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex and age - EU-SILC and ECHP 2.4% 2024 up 33.3% 31st Persons at risk of poverty by level of disability (activity) 13.2% 2025 down 46.8% 41st Persons at risk of poverty before social transfers (pensions included) 31.0% 2025 down 36.9% 32nd In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by level of disability (activity) 4.8% 2025 down 21.3% 38th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex 1.2% 2025 down 87.5% 43rd Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.0207 2024 down 52.1% 11th At-risk-of-poverty rate anchored at a fixed moment in time (2008) by 5.7% 2025 down 71.5% 25th Subjective poverty by sex and age 15.9% 2025 down 50.2% 21st Subjective poverty by tenure status 16.2% 2025 down 49.2% 21st Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction 0.0% 2024 down 50.0% 9th Proportion of population living in multidimensional poverty 17.1% 2024 down 38.3% 33rd ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →