Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Ireland
Ireland: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.277 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Ireland, 1987–2023
Source: Luxembourg Income Study (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Ireland stood at 0.277.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Ireland peaked at 0.3425 in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.2768, in 2020.
That places Ireland 38th out of 48 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.3293 | 0.3293 | 0.3293 | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.3366 | 0.3307 | 0.3425 | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.313 | 0.2949 | 0.324 | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.2986 | 0.2788 | 0.3092 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2793 | 0.2768 | 0.2831 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
More poverty & inequality data for Ireland
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.6 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 7,325 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 21.9% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.054 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 8.7% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0763 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0763 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0878 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1396 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Ireland?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Ireland was 0.277 in 2023, according to Luxembourg Income Study (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3425 in 1995.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2768 in 2020.
- How does Ireland rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Ireland ranks 38th out of 48 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ireland data come from?
- The figures come from Luxembourg Income Study (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Inequality is measured here in terms of income after taxes and benefits.