Income share held by highest 20% in Ireland
Ireland: Income share held by highest 20% was 38.3% in 2023. βΌ Falling
Income share held by highest 20% in Ireland, 1987β2023
Source: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 38.3% for income share held by highest 20% in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income share held by highest 20% in Ireland peaked at 44.5% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 38.3%, in 2020.
Ireland ranks 99th of 122 countries on this measure, 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 | 42.7% | 42.7% | 42.7% | 1 |
| 1990s | 44.0% | 43.2% | 44.5% | 3 |
| 2000s | 40.7% | 39.3% | 41.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 40.4% | 39.2% | 41.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 38.5% | 38.3% | 38.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
- 96 Bosnia and Herzegovina 38.7% compare
- 97 Egypt, Arab Republic of 38.6% compare
- 98 Hungary 38.5% compare
- 100 Guinea 38.2% compare
- 101 Albania 38.0% compare
- 101 Croatia, Republic of 38.0% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Ireland
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 8 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.6 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 7,325 (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 3.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 21.9 (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.054 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 8.74 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.0763 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.0763 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income share held by highest 20% in Ireland?
- Income share held by highest 20% in Ireland was 38.3% in 2023, according to World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ.
- What is the highest income share held by highest 20% recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 44.5% in 1995.
- What is the lowest income share held by highest 20% recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 38.3% in 2020.
- How does Ireland rank for income share held by highest 20%?
- Ireland ranks 99th out of 122 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income share held by highest 20% rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.3%. 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. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ, published as part of Income share held by highest 20%. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles. Percentage shares by quintile may not sum to 100 because of rounding.