Ireland: inequality
Ireland's inequality figures from Eurostat, set against the other EU states. Every figure links to the table it was read from; where Eurostat publishes nothing for Ireland, the page says so.
At risk of poverty: Ireland is the 23rd highest of the 27 EU member states (2025).
share below the national poverty line: 13.0%
Ireland against the EU
Each measure with the states ranked next to it. The latest year with a published figure is used.
Income inequality (Gini)
0 to 100, higher is more unequal
Ireland: 27.2 in 2025, against 29.2 for the EU as a whole — the 20th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.
Top fifth earns this many times the bottom fifth
income quintile share ratio
Ireland: 3.89 in 2025, against 4.62 for the EU as a whole — the 21st highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.
At risk of poverty
share below the national poverty line
Ireland: 13.0% in 2025, the 23rd highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.
At risk of poverty or social exclusion
share of the population
Ireland: 18.8% in 2025, the 14th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.
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Modification notice and disclaimer
The counts on this page are published by Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union) and are reproduced unchanged. Humanity Observatory has additionally derived the following from them:
- A country's rank among the 27 EU states for a measure, computed by sorting the published per-country figures.
- The highest and lowest point of the country's own published annual series.
- The average of the country's latest published annual figures (up to five years).
- The number of years in which the country's figure was above the EU figure for the same year.
Source: Eurostat. Reuse terms.
* Calculated by Humanity Observatory from published figures.