Kerry County Council met 23% of its targets for own-build social housing accommodation between 2022 and 2024.
Over 5,000 social homes were built nationally in those years - compared to a target of 27,400.
The figures show local authorities nationwide met just 18% of their targets during this period.
However, when including builds from approved housing bodies and the Part V contribution of developers, Kerry County Council delivered 70% of its target from 2022 to 2024.
The figures come as Housing Minister James Browne will tell Cabinet this morning of plans for a new league table to track social housing delivery by local councils.
The figures show very few local authorities are directly building social housing.
A little over 5,000 social homes were built nationally between 2022 and 2024 - compared to a target of 27,400.
Three local authorities met less than 10 per cent of the target - Cork County, Kildare and Louth.
But the other set of figures is overall social housing delivery in that time - when things like builds from approved housing bodies and the Part V contribution of developers are taken into account.
So while Kildare directly built just 3 per cent of its target in those years, it met 112% of its overall target through other means.
When the overall picture is taken to account, Donegal was the worst performing local authority, delivering just 46% of its target figure.
Dublin City Council is also performing particularly poorly, delivering overall just 49 per cent of its target, and achieving just 11 per cent of its direct build goal.
