Ireland vs Taiwan: Prosperity gap

Ireland

0.6619

in 2023

Taiwan

0.6992

in 2021

Ireland rank

109th

Taiwan rank

107th

Prosperity gap over time

Taiwan currently reports 0.6992 against 0.6619 in Ireland, a difference of 0.0372.

That makes Taiwan's figure about 1.1 times Ireland's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 12 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Ireland ahead.

Ireland ranks 109th and Taiwan ranks 107th 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.