Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Ireland
Ireland: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.3247 in 2022. ▬ Flat
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Ireland, 1980–2022
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Ireland is 0.3247, measured in 2022.
The figure is up 3.1% on the previous year and up 15.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Ireland peaked at 0.33 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.2764, in 2009.
That places Ireland 95th out of 109 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.3122 | 0.3034 | 0.3263 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3014 | 0.2876 | 0.3208 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3145 | 0.2764 | 0.33 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.304 | 0.2815 | 0.324 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3138 | 0.3019 | 0.3247 | 3 |
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 0.3247 in 2022, according to World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major 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 0.33 in 2000.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2764 in 2009.
- How does Ireland rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Ireland ranks 95th out of 109 countries with data for 2022.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Ireland data come from?
- The figures come from World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major 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.