Poverty & Inequality in Ireland 154 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Ireland. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Material and social deprivation rate by age and sex 10.0% 2025 down 50.5% 23rd Material and social deprivation rate by tenure status 10.0% 2025 down 50.5% 23rd Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by level of disability 18.8% 2025 down 44.0% 37th Severe material and social deprivation rate by level of disability 3.3% 2025 down 56.6% 23rd Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex 1,007 Thousand persons 2025 down 15.7% 25th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.2806 2023 down 9.7% 30th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population 0.2811 2023 down 11.3% 29th Material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation 5,355 Thousand persons 2025 up 14.0% 26th Mean number of deprivation items among the deprived 8.1 Average 2025 unchanged 27th Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age and a risk of 2.8% 2025 down 39.1% 21st Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 5.7% 2025 down 48.6% 36th Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 5.7% 2025 down 48.6% 36th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status 942 Thousand persons 2025 down 19.7% 24th Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty 2.8% 2025 down 39.1% 21st Persons who cannot afford a personal car by sex, age and risk of 6.5% 2025 down 8.5% 19th Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age 1.5% 2025 down 66.7% 28th Severe material and social deprivation by tenure status 5.2% 2025 down 44.1% 17th Severe material and social deprivation rate by age and sex 276 Thousand persons 2025 down 16.1% 20th Share in multidimensional poverty according to national definitions 19.2% 2023 down 35.8% 26th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion - EU2030 target 1,007 Thousand persons 2025 down 15.7% 22nd Material deprivation for the 'Durables' dimension, by number of item 91.0% 2020 down 2.7% 31st Material and social deprivation rate by age, sex and most frequent 2.3% 2025 up 53.3% 27th Severe material deprivation rate by age and sex 212 Thousand persons 2020 down 17.2% 30th Proportion of population below the international poverty line of 0.2% 2015 — 51st Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.3% 2024 down 12.5% 24th Severe material deprivation rate by tenure status 4.3% 2020 down 24.6% 27th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status - EU 19.2% 2020 down 29.7% 26th At-risk-of-poverty rate anchored at a fixed moment in time (2019) by 7.2% 2025 down 46.3% 35th Severe material and social deprivation by age, sex and most frequent 0 Thousand persons 2025 — 15th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex - EU -114 Cumulative difference from 2008, in thousands 2020 down 166.7% 25th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio 20.8% 2020 down 23.8% 21st Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, female 21.7% 2020 down 22.8% 18th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, male 19.9% 2020 down 24.9% 20th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, children 24.2% 2020 down 29.0% 14th ← Previous Page 3 of 3