Severe material deprivation rate by tenure status in Ireland
Ireland: Severe material deprivation rate by tenure status was 4.3% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Severe material deprivation rate by tenure status in Ireland, 2003–2020
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
In 2020, severe material deprivation rate by tenure status in Ireland stood at 4.3%. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.
The figure is down 20.4% on the previous year and down 24.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, severe material deprivation rate by tenure status in Ireland peaked at 9.9% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 4.3%, in 2020.
Ireland ranks 22nd of 37 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.2% | 4.5% | 6.1% | 7 |
| 2010s | 7.3% | 4.9% | 9.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.3% | 4.3% | 4.3% | 1 |
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)
- 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)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.0878 (2023)
- Income inequality atkinson index undp 0.1396 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is severe material deprivation rate by tenure status in Ireland?
- Severe material deprivation rate by tenure status in Ireland was 4.3% in 2020, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest severe material deprivation rate by tenure status recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 9.9% in 2012.
- What is the lowest severe material deprivation rate by tenure status recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.3% in 2020.
- How does Ireland rank for severe material deprivation rate by tenure status?
- Ireland ranks 22nd out of 37 countries with data for 2020.
- Is severe material deprivation rate by tenure status rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ireland data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Severe material deprivation rate by tenure status. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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