Inequality of income distribution

In 2024, Ireland's inequality of income distribution decreased by 3.1% compared to 2023, reaching 7.48.

Ireland accounts for 80.3% of the EU-27 total of 9.32.

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 7.0% (from 8.04 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tespm151, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.