IE · 2022 · tespm030
Severe material and social deprivation rate
Ireland, 2022
In 2022, Ireland's severe material and social deprivation rate increased by 10.4% compared to 2021, reaching 10.6.
Ireland accounts for 79.1% of the EU-27 total of 13.4.
Ireland ranks 12th 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 23.2% (from 13.8 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm030, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.