IE · 2023 · tespm030
Severe material and social deprivation rate
Ireland, 2023
In 2023, Ireland's severe material and social deprivation rate increased by 13.2% compared to 2022, reaching 12.0.
Ireland accounts for 88.2% of the EU-27 total of 13.6.
Ireland ranks 12th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.6% (from 12.2 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm030, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.