Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Ireland
Ireland: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population was 0.2811 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Ireland, 2003–2023
Source: OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Ireland is 0.2811, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Ireland peaked at 0.3216 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.2794, in 2021.
Ireland ranks 29th of 39 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Ireland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 0.3147 | — |
| 2004 | 0.3133 | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.3216 | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 0.3103 | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 0.295 | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 0.2912 | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 0.3155 | +8.4% |
| 2010 | 0.3012 | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 0.3112 | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 0.3137 | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.3168 | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 0.2993 | -5.5% |
| 2015 | 0.3011 | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.3115 | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 0.2984 | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 0.2851 | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 0.2818 | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 0.2821 | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.2794 | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 0.2812 | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.2811 | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3088 | 0.2912 | 0.3216 | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.302 | 0.2818 | 0.3168 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.281 | 0.2794 | 0.2821 | 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)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (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)
- 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, gaps filled 21.9 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 21.9% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Ireland?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Ireland was 0.2811 in 2023, according to OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3216 in 2005.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2794 in 2021.
- How does Ireland rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population?
- Ireland ranks 29th out of 39 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ireland data come from?
- The figures come from OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population. 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.