Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) 2022*
€46,999 - median household disposable income in 2022, compared with €46,471 in 2021
4.0 Quintile Share Ratio - the richest 20% of people had 4 times the income of the poorest 20% in 2022, compared with 3.8 in 2021
13.1% of people were at risk of poverty in 2022, compared with 11.6% in 2021
20.5% of people would have been at risk of poverty without Covid-19 income supports in 2022, compared with 19.9% in 2021
* The income reference period for SILC 2022 is the calendar year 2021.
Statistics on this infographic do not reflect revisions made to population benchmarks due to the availability of Census 2022. For revised data see SILC 2023. 07 March 2024
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