IE · 2021 · tespm030
Severe material and social deprivation rate
Ireland, 2021
In 2021, Ireland's severe material and social deprivation rate decreased by 21.3% compared to 2020, reaching 9.60.
Ireland accounts for 76.2% of the EU-27 total of 12.6.
Ireland ranks 14th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 40.0% (from 16.0 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm030, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.