IE · 2019 · tespm151
Inequality of income distribution
Ireland, 2019
In 2019, Ireland's inequality of income distribution decreased by 5.0% compared to 2018, reaching 8.04.
Ireland accounts for 80.6% of the EU-27 total of 9.98.
Ireland ranks 21st 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 18.0% (from 9.80 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm151, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.