EU 29.49
· European ranking
22 / 30
No change compared with previous year
Ireland: Income Inequality (Gini Index)
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
27.20 Index
EU 29.49 · -2.3 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures inequality in the distribution of equivalised disposable income. A value of 0 represents complete equality and 100 represents maximum inequality.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Gini coefficient tessi190
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No regional breakdown available for this indicator.
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At a glance
Ireland performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Gini coefficient, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent departure from stability. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength.
European comparison in Ireland
In Ireland, Income inequality is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 27.2 index points versus 29.5 index points in 2025, with a gap of 2.3 index points.
Recent trend
In Ireland, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 27.6 in 2020 to 27.2 in 2025. The primary pattern was broadly stable, but the latest step, from 26.4 in 2024 to 27.2 in 2025, departs from that stability with a deterioration.
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. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards deterioration and warrant monitoring.