Ireland vs United Kingdom: Equal Resource Distribution Index

Ireland

0.83

in 2025

United Kingdom

0.854

in 2025

Ireland rank

44th

United Kingdom rank

41st

Equal Resource Distribution Index over time

Ireland
United Kingdom

How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 0.854 against 0.83 in Ireland, a difference of 0.024.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was United Kingdom ahead.

Ireland ranks 44th and United Kingdom ranks 41st of 175 regions.

Individual pages

Equal Resource Distribution Index in Ireland
Equal Resource Distribution Index in United Kingdom
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Equal Resource Distribution Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 175 places, 20,802 data points, 1900–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which all social groups benefit from public spending and have equal access to education, healthcare, and the welfare state.