Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Ireland
Ireland: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.2897 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Ireland, 1987–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Ireland stood at 0.2897. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Ireland peaked at 0.3705 in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.2897, in 2023.
That places Ireland 101st out of 120 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 | 0.3547 | 0.3547 | 0.3547 | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.3653 | 0.3562 | 0.3705 | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.3265 | 0.3091 | 0.3375 | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.3206 | 0.3026 | 0.3349 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2937 | 0.2897 | 0.2991 | 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 vs. gdp per capita in Ireland?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Ireland was 0.2897 in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3705 in 1995.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2897 in 2023.
- How does Ireland rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Ireland ranks 101st out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ireland data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. 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.