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The trend in contributions over time for PRSAs which started in 2019 is presented in Figure 3.1. Overall, 77.7% of contributors made a contribution in year 2 (2020), and 67.5% in year 3 (2021). In year 6 (2024) the rate had dropped to 47.5%.
Breaking this down by PRSA type: 83.7% of standard PRSA contributors made a contribution in year 2, compared with 61.3% of non-standard contributors. By year 6 the difference between PRSA types was smaller: 48.2% of standard PRSA contributors made a contribution, compared with 45.6% of non-standard contributors.
Between 2019 and 2023 there is a noticeable difference between PRSA types in the proportion contributing to their PRSA in year 2.
The proportion of standard PRSA contributors that made a contribution in year 2 ranged between 83.7% and 87.6% (Figure 3.2).
For non-standard PRSA contributors the range was 61.3% to 80.4% over the same period (Figure 3.3).
The age group with the highest proportion of those who made a contribution was the under 25 years category for both types of PRSA.
In all age-groups, non-standard PRSAs had a higher proportion that made a contribution than standard PRSAs in the same age-group.
In 2024, 39.3% of males with PRSAs made a contribution, compared with 42.4% of females with PRSAs.
For males with a standard PRSA, 36.3% made a contribution, compared with 39.3% of females.
The equivalent for non-standard PRSA contributors was 45.5% of males made a contribution, compared with 50.0% of females.
Overall, the category with the highest proportion that made a contribution was All Nationalities Excluding EU and UK, at 43.3% of contributors. The lowest proportion that made a contribution was in the EU27 Countries (Excluding Ireland) category with 36.5%.
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