Ireland vs South Korea: Prosperity gap

Ireland

0.6619

in 2023

South Korea

0.6595

in 2021

Ireland rank

109th

South Korea rank

110th

Prosperity gap over time

Ireland currently reports 0.6619 against 0.6595 in South Korea, a difference of 0.0024.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 11 shared years of data; in 2006 it was South Korea ahead.

Ireland ranks 109th and South Korea ranks 110th of 120 regions.

Indicator: Prosperity gap
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 120 places, 2,148 data points, 1963–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Average factor by which incomes need to be multiplied to bring everyone to the prosperity standard of $28 per person per day.