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IndicatorIRLIrelandEurope & Central Asia
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.96rank #4
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile79.7rank #17
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.8rank #6
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.78rank #7
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.97rank #2
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile82.7rank #17
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.96rank #4
Military spending% GDP0.24%rank #145
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.62rank #10
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile78rank #55
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile83.2rank #6
Rule of Law0-100 percentile84.4rank #13
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.98rank #8
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.89rank #4
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.82rank #6
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile85.5rank #9
Women in parliament% seats25.3%rank #92
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.93rank #12
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment3.9%rank #136
Agriculture value added% GDP1.1%rank #146
Annual working hours per workerhours1,654rank #95
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker798,762.7rank #2
Current account balance% GDP17.4%rank #5
Employment-to-population ratio%61.3%rank #61
FDI net inflows% GDP0.79%rank #145
GDPcurrent US$721.7Brank #23
GDP growth%12.3%rank #3
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$131,592.5rank #2
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $131,338.4rank #2
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $90,884.6rank #5
Government expenditure% GDP19.2%rank #85
Gross capital formation% GDP22.9%rank #66
Gross savings% GDP34.9%rank #17
High-technology exports% manuf. exports53.5%rank #8
Human capital indexindex3.2rank #40
Industry value added% GDP37.8%rank #18
Inflation%2.2%rank #62
Labour force participation rate%64.5%rank #65
Personal remittances received% GDP0.11%rank #146
R&D expenditure% GDP1.6%rank #24
Researchers in R&Dper million5,752.8rank #14
Tax revenue% GDP17.9%rank #46
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)0.94rank #12
Trade openness% GDP240%rank #4
Unemployment% labor force4.6%rank #77
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%4.9%rank #81
Vulnerable employment% employment9.6%rank #37
Youth unemployment% ages 15-2410.5%rank #78
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-2410.5%rank #73
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop97.1%rank #75
Basic sanitation access% pop89.7%rank #100
Child mortalityper 1000.39rank #16
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal3,920.9rank #3
DTP3 immunization coverage%92%rank #8
Health spending% GDP6.9%rank #21
Infant mortalityper 1k births3.4rank #17
Life expectancyyears83rank #23
Maternal mortalityper 100k4rank #4
Measles immunization% children90%rank #10
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%90%rank #10
Physiciansper 1k3.9rank #11
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m37.5rank #29
Road traffic deathsper 100k3.1rank #8
Smoking prevalence% adults18.2%rank #61
Suicide mortality rateper 100k8.6rank #108
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k6.2rank #31
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births3.9rank #30
Undernourishment% pop2.5%rank #1
Education
Education spending% GDP2.9%rank #138
Expected years of schoolingyears19.2rank #7
Mean years of schoolingyears11.7rank #47
Primary completion rate% relevant age93.7%rank #90
Primary enrollment% gross96.5%rank #122
Secondary enrollment% gross130.6%rank #8
Tertiary enrollment% gross77.6%rank #28
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00010rank #152
Fertility ratebirths/woman1.5rank #155
Median age of populationyears38.4rank #57
Net migration rateper 1,0008.4rank #26
Populationpeople5.48Mrank #121
Population growth%1.6%rank #65
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years86.2rank #23
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands5,970rank #121
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age52.8rank #129
Urban population%64.6%rank #97
Climate
CO₂ emissionst33.31Mrank #69
CO₂ per capitat6.3rank #43
Electricity access% pop100%rank #1
Electricity from coal% generation0.39%rank #9
Electricity from hydro% generation2.1%rank #68
Electricity from solar% generation4.8%rank #55
Electricity from wind% generation38%rank #4
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita6,298.2rank #19
Forest area% land11.5%rank #156
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita12.9rank #170
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh255.9rank #36
Renewable electricity%48.1%rank #35
Renewable energy share%12.7%rank #119
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e68.5rank #116
Society
Asylum seekerspeople330rank #43
Extreme poverty% pop0.1%rank #2
Female labor participation%59.8%rank #50
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 10032.3rank #42
Gender Development Indexratio1rank #23
Gender Inequality Index0-10.05rank #17
Gini indexindex29rank #9
Homicide rateper 100k0.65rank #11
Human Development Index0-10.95rank #8
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.89rank #7
Internet users% pop97.2%rank #14
Life satisfaction0-106.9rank #13
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.75rank #23
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #46
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #13
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #11
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #12
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people137,869rank #44
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people69rank #22
Youth NEET rate%6%rank #10
Risk
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0rank #1
Hazard & exposure0-101.3rank #8
Human hazard & exposure0-100.1rank #2
INFORM risk score0-102.3rank #12
Lack of coping capacity0-103.1rank #23
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-101rank #7
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-104.7rank #26
Natural hazard & exposure0-102.3rank #10
Socio-economic vulnerability0-100.3rank #4
Vulnerability0-102.9rank #18
Vulnerable groups0-104.8rank #43
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