EU 4.73
· European ranking
23 / 30
No change compared with previous year
Ireland: Income Inequality (Rich-Poor Gap)
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
3.89 Ratio
EU 4.73 · -0.8 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the ratio between the total equivalised disposable income received by the highest-income 20% of the population and that received by the lowest-income 20%. A ratio of 5 means the top fifth receives five times as much income as the bottom fifth.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 ilc_di11
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Regional map
· 2025 · 3 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1-2.31
3.80
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1-2.31
3.80
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1-2.31
3.80
More context on this indicator
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. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards deterioration and warrant monitoring.