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Ireland: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Ireland
Current reading for Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20
Latest value
3.90 Ratio
Compared with Europe
-0.6 puntos
Ireland is 0.6 points below the European average.
EU: 4.53
Affected population
5.4M
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20
Granularity: Regions
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Northern and Western
-2.603.80
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2
Eastern and Midland
-2.603.80
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Southern
-2.603.80
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At a glance
Ireland performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Income quintile share ratio S80/S20, with a large gap. The trend context points to recent departure from stability. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. The regional distribution is comparatively even.
European comparison in Ireland
In Ireland, S80/S20 ratio stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 3.89 versus 4.73 in 2025, a large gap of 0.84 in the ratio.
Recent trend
In Ireland, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 3.92 in 2020 to 3.89 in 2025. The primary pattern was broadly stable, but the latest step, from 3.74 in 2024 to 3.89 in 2025, departs from that stability with a deterioration.
Regional pattern in Ireland
In Ireland, S80/S20 ratio shows a flat regional distribution across 3 comparable regions: all share the same value (3.8), so there is no internal gap.
Reading within the topic
In Ireland, the evidence for Income & Purchasing Power leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. Recent changes among related indicators are also mixed, with improvement in some and deterioration in others.