Adopt policies, especially fiscal, wage and social protection policies, and progressively achieve greater equality. Adopt policies, especially fiscal, wage and social protection policies, and progressively achieve greater equality.

CSO data

Status: Gini Coefficient not reducing

10.4.1 The labour share, (the total compensation of employees and the labour income of the self-employed), as a percentage of GDP fell from 33.5% in 2016 to 29.3% in 2020. Over this time period, the labour share as a percentage of modified gross national income increased slightly from 51.7% to 52.5%

10.4.2 In 2019, the ‘at risk of poverty’ rate was 12.8% compared with 14% in 2018. In 2019, 17.8% of the population were defined as living in enforced deprivation, i.e. they experienced two or more of the eleven types of deprivation. This compares with 15.1% in 2018 and a high of 30.5% in 2013. The decrease in the enforced deprivation rate between 2018 and 2019 was statistically significant. In 2019 the Gini coefficient was 28.8% compared with 29.7% in 2018. This decrease is not statistically significant. The general downward trend since 2014 indicates a decrease in income inequality across the total income distribution.