Severe material and social deprivation rate by sex

In 2025, Ireland's severe material and social deprivation rate by sex increased by 15.6% compared to 2024, reaching 10.4.

Ireland accounts for 82.5% of the EU-27 total of 12.6.

Ireland ranks 11th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 14.8% (from 12.2 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_lm420, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.