European ranking
15 / 31
Improved by 1 positions since the previous year
Ireland: Severe material and social deprivation rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Ireland
Current reading for Severe material and social deprivation rate in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Severe material and social deprivation rate
Latest value
4.50 Percent of people
Compared with Europe
-1.4 puntos
Ireland is 1.4 points below the European average.
EU: 5.93
Affected population
≈ 0.24 million people affected
Year: 2024
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Indicator: Severe material and social deprivation rate
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At a glance
Ireland performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Severe material and social deprivation rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Ireland
In Ireland, Severe deprivation is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 4.5% versus 5.9% in 2024, with a gap of 1.4 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Ireland, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 6.50% in 2019 to 4.50% in 2024. The latest step, from 6.00% in 2023 to 4.50% in 2024, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.
Regional differences in Ireland
In Ireland, regional values for Severe deprivation are relatively close. Across 3 comparable regions, Northern and Western Ireland records the highest value (4.7%) and Eastern and Midland Ireland the lowest (4.3%), a gap of 0.4 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Ireland, the evidence for Quality of Life & Household Conditions leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.