EU 11.38
· European ranking
15 / 30
No change compared with previous year
Ireland: Material and Social Deprivation
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
10.00% of people
EU 11.38 · -1.4 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people who, because they cannot afford them, lack at least 5 of 13 specified material or social items considered relevant to an adequate standard of living.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Material and social deprivation rate ilc_mdsd09
Explore this indicator
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+16.00
11.60
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2+4.00
10.40
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3-17.00
8.30
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Ireland performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Material and social deprivation rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Ireland
In Ireland, Material deprivation is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 10.0% versus 11.4% in 2025, with a gap of 1.4 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Ireland, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 12.30% in 2020 to 10.00% in 2025. The latest value changes little from 9.70% in 2024, indicating a pause in the previous improvement.
Regional differences in Ireland
In Ireland, regional values for Material deprivation are relatively close. Across 3 comparable regions, Northern and Western Ireland records the highest value (11.6%) and Southern Ireland the lowest (8.3%), a gap of 3.3 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.