Severe material and social deprivation by tenure status in Ireland
Ireland: Severe material and social deprivation by tenure status was 5.2 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Latest (2025)
5.2
Change on year
up 15.6%
World rank
13th
of 33 countries
All-time high
9.3
in 2015
All-time low
4.5
in 2024
Years of data
11
2015–2025
Severe material and social deprivation by tenure status in Ireland, 2015–2025
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 5.2 for severe material and social deprivation by tenure status in 2025.
The figure is up 15.6% on the previous year and down 44.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, severe material and social deprivation by tenure status in Ireland peaked at 9.3 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 4.5, in 2024.
That places Ireland 13th out of 33 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Severe material and social deprivation by tenure status in Ireland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 9.3 | — |
| 2016 | 8 | -14.0% |
| 2017 | 6.9 | -13.7% |
| 2018 | 6.1 | -11.6% |
| 2019 | 6.5 | +6.6% |
| 2020 | 6.1 | -6.2% |
| 2021 | 4.8 | -21.3% |
| 2022 | 5.3 | +10.4% |
| 2023 | 6 | +13.2% |
| 2024 | 4.5 | -25.0% |
| 2025 | 5.2 | +15.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 7.36 | 6.1 | 9.3 | 5 |
| 2020s | 5.32 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
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, gaps filled 21.9 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 21.9 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 8.11 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.054 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is severe material and social deprivation by tenure status in Ireland?
- Severe material and social deprivation by tenure status in Ireland was 5.2 in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest severe material and social deprivation by tenure status recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 9.3 in 2015.
- What is the lowest severe material and social deprivation by tenure status recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.5 in 2024.
- How does Ireland rank for severe material and social deprivation by tenure status?
- Ireland ranks 13th out of 33 countries with data for 2025.
- Is severe material and social deprivation by tenure status rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.1%. 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 Severe material and social deprivation by tenure status. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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