IE · 2022 · tespm151
Inequality of income distribution
Ireland, 2022
In 2022, Ireland's inequality of income distribution increased by 1.6% compared to 2021, reaching 7.62.
Ireland accounts for 80.4% of the EU-27 total of 9.48.
Ireland ranks 22nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 17.7% (from 9.26 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm151, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.