Country comparison Ireland vs United Kingdom 2017

Ireland			United Kingdom
Government
GDP Mill. € [+]	2016	275,567M.€	2,366,912M.€	2016	GDP Mill. € [+]
GDP Mill.$ [+]	2016	293,605M.$	2,629,188M.$	2016	GDP Mill.$ [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2016	58,800€	36,100€	2016	GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2016	62,562$	39,952$	2016	GDP per capita [+]
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]	2017Q2	15,196€	8,842€	2017Q2	Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]
Quat. GDP Mill.€ [+]	2017Q2	72,559M.€	581,912M.€	2017Q2	Quat. GDP Mill.€ [+]
Debt [+]	2016	200,569 M.€	2,022,241 M.€	2016	Debt [+]
Debt [+]	2016	222,010 M.$	2,238,418 M.$	2016	Debt [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]	2016	75.40%	89.30%	2016	Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2016	42,005 €	30,729 €	2016	Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2016	47,172$	35,677$	2016	Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit [+]	2016	-1,811 M.€	-69,843 M.€	2016	Deficit [+]
Deficit [+]	2016	-2,005 M.$	-77,309 M.$	2016	Deficit [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]	2016	-0.70%	-3.00%	2016	Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]	2016	74,376.4	996,978.6	2016	Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2016	82,327.2	1,103,555.6	2016	Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2013	9,600.1	146,657.8	2015	Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2013	12,725.2	162,757.9	2015	Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2013	13.45%	13.88%	2015	Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]	2016	14,579.2	182,714.2	2016	Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
Gov. Health Exp.(M.$) [+]	2016	16,137.7	72,986.2	1998	Gov. Health Exp.(M.$) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]	2014	13.44%	16.52%	2014	Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2016	936.5	43,640.8	2016	Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2016	997.8	48,476.6	2016	Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2015	1.27%	4.88%	2015	Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]	2016	27.00%	42.10%	2016	Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2016	15,577€	15,150€	2016	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2016	17,242$	16,769$	2016	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2013	2,087€	2,251€	2015	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2013	2,761$	2,500$	2015	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2016	3,086€	2,795€	2016	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2016	3,416$	1,248$	1998	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2016	200€	666€	2016	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2016	213$	737$	2016	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Moody's Rating [+]	09/15/2017	P-1	Aa1	06/24/2016	Moody's Rating [+]
S&P Rating [+]	06/05/2015	A+	AA	06/27/2016	S&P Rating [+]
Fitch Rating [+]	07/07/2017	A	AA	05/05/2017	Fitch Rating [+]
Corruption Index [+]	2016	73	81	2016	Corruption Index [+]
Competitiveness Ranking [+]	2016	24º	10º	2016	Competitiveness Ranking [+]
Fragile States Index [+]	2015	24.7	33.4	2015	Fragile States Index [+]
RTI Raking [+]	10/01/2016	39º	33º	10/01/2016	RTI Raking [+]
Innovation Ranking [+]	2016	7º	3º	2016	Innovation Ranking [+]
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]	August 2017	6.3%	4.3%	July 2017	Unemployment Rate [+]
Unemployment rate [+]	2017Q1	6.7%	4.3%	2017Q2	Unemployment rate [+]
Unemployed [+]	2017Q1	146 m.	1,428 m.	2017Q2	Unemployed [+]
NMW [+]	2017	1,647.8 $	1,475.5 $	2017	NMW [+]
NMW [+]	2017	1,563.3 €	1,396.9 €	2017	NMW [+]
Average Wage [+]	2016	35,592€	44,627€	2016	Average Wage [+]
Average Wage [+]	2016	39,397$	55,054$	2015	Average Wage [+]
Human Capital Ranking [+]	2015	12º	19º	2015	Human Capital Ranking [+]
Markets
			0.8824	09/21/2017	Euro / British pounds [+]
10-Year Bond Yield [+]	09/22/2017	0.75%	1.36%	09/22/2017	10-Year Bond Yield [+]
Risk Premium [+]	09/22/2017	30	92	09/22/2017	Risk Premium [+]
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]	09/21/2017	3.11%	1.69%	09/21/2017	Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]	August 2017	0.4%	2.9%	August 2017	CPI (overall index) [+]
HICP [+]	August 2017	0.4%	2.9%	August 2017	HICP [+]
PPI Year on Year [+]	July 2017	1.3%	5.1%	August 2017	PPI Year on Year [+]
Money Market
Key rates [+]	03/16/2016	0%	0.25%	08/04/2016	Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]	2017	18º	7º	2017	Doing Business [+]
IPI Year on Year [+]	July 2017	-9.2%	0.2%	July 2017	IPI Year on Year [+]
Passengers vehicles Year [+]	June 2017	136,500	2,673,961	June 2017	Passengers vehicles Year [+]
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]	June 2017	34.53	47.08	June 2017	Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]
			1,816,622	2016	Motor vehicle production [+]
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]	2015	490.12	584.55	2015	Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]
Taxes
Standard VAT [+]	01/01/2012	23.00%	20.00%	01/04/2011	Standard VAT [+]
Top tax rate + SSC [+]	2016	52.0%	47.0%	2016	Top tax rate + SSC [+]
Trade
Exports [+]	2016	116,516.2 M.€	370,253.0 M.€	2016	Exports [+]
Exports [+]	2016	128,084.7 M.$	409,396.7 M.$	2016	Exports [+]
Exports % GDP [+]	2016	43.62%	15.57%	2016	Exports % GDP [+]
Imports [+]	2016	71,179.3 M.€	574,946.8 M.€	2016	Imports [+]
Imports [+]	2016	75,385.2 M.$	635,762.3 M.$	2016	Imports [+]
Imports % GDP [+]	2016	25.68%	24.18%	2016	Imports % GDP [+]
Trade balance [+]	2016	45,336.9 M.€	-204,693.8 M.€	2016	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance [+]	2016	52,699.5 M.$	-226,365.6 M.$	2016	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance % GDP [+]	2016	17.95%	-8.61%	2016	Trade balance % GDP [+]
Retail Sales YoY [+]	November 2015	9.4%	3.1%	August 2017	Retail Sales YoY [+]
Socio-Demography
Density [+]	2016	68	270	2016	Density [+]
Population [+]	2016	4,774,833	65,808,573	2016	Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]	2015	746,260	8,543,120	2015	Immigrant stock [+]
Remittance received (M.$) [+]	2015	601.2	5,003.4	2015	Remittance received (M.$) [+]
% Immigrant [+]	2015	15.79%	13.07%	2015	% Immigrant [+]
Remittance sent (M.$) [+]	2015	2,025.9	25,337.4	2015	Remittance sent (M.$) [+]
Emigrant stock [+]	2015	882,022	4,917,460	2015	Emigrant stock [+]
% Emigrant [+]	2015	18.67%	7.52%	2015	% Emigrant [+]
HDI [+]	2015	0.923	0.910	2015	HDI [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]	2017	10º	41º	2017	Global Peace Ranking [+]
Gender Gap Ranking [+]	2016	6º	20º	2016	Gender Gap Ranking [+]
Ranking [+]	2015	15º	10º	2015	Ranking [+]
Birth Rate [+]	2016	13.50‰	11.80‰	2016	Birth Rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]	2015	1.92	1.80	2015	Fertility Rate [+]
Crude death rate [+]	2016	6.40‰	9.10‰	2016	Crude death rate [+]
Life expectancy [+]	2015	81.50	81.00	2015	Life expectancy [+]
Crude marriage rate [+]	2015	4.80‰	4.30‰	2013	Crude marriage rate [+]
Crude divorce rate [+]	2013	0.60‰	1.90‰	2014	Crude divorce rate [+]
Number of homicides [+]	2015	30	594	2014	Number of homicides [+]
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]	2015	0.6	0.9	2014	Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]
% risk of poverty [+]	2015	16.3%	16.7%	2015	% risk of poverty [+]
Environment and Energy
CO2 Tons per capita [+]	2015	7.81	6.16	2015	CO2 Tons per capita [+]

Ireland

Capital: Dublin
Population: 4,774,833
Surface Area: 70,280 km2
Currency: Euros
Belongs to: CoE, EA, EEA, IMF, OECD, UN, OSCE, EU

United Kingdom

Capital: London
Population: 65,808,573
Surface Area: 243,610 km2
Currency: British pounds (1 EUR=0.8824 GBP)
Belongs to: CoE, EEA, G20, G8, IMF, NATO, OECD, UN, OSCE, EU