Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty in Ireland
Ireland: Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty was 2.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty in Ireland, 2015–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
The most recent figure for persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty in Ireland is 2.8%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 40.0% on the previous year and down 39.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty in Ireland peaked at 4.6% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 2.0%, in 2024.
Ireland ranks 21st of 43 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty in Ireland, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 4.6% | — |
| 2016 | 3.8% | -17.4% |
| 2017 | 3.1% | -18.4% |
| 2018 | 3.0% | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 3.3% | +10.0% |
| 2020 | 3.4% | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 3.2% | -5.9% |
| 2022 | 2.1% | -34.4% |
| 2023 | 2.7% | +28.6% |
| 2024 | 2.0% | -25.9% |
| 2025 | 2.8% | +40.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3.6% | 3.0% | 4.6% | 5 |
| 2020s | 2.7% | 2.0% | 3.4% | 6 |
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 persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty in Ireland?
- Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty in Ireland was 2.8% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 4.6% in 2015.
- What is the lowest persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.0% in 2024.
- How does Ireland rank for persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty?
- Ireland ranks 21st out of 43 countries with data for 2025.
- Is persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ireland data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty threshold. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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