Country comparison Ireland vs United Kingdom 2020

Ireland			United Kingdom
Gouvernement
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]	2019Q3	17,864€	9,259€	2019Q3	Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]
Annual GDP [+]	2018	324,038M.€	2,423,737M.€	2018	Annual GDP [+]
Annual GDP [+]	2018	382,754M.$	2,828,833M.$	2018	Annual GDP [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2018	66,670€	36,480€	2018	GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2018	78,335$	42,580$	2018	GDP per capita [+]
Quarterly GDP [+]	2019Q3	87,607M.€	617,091M.€	2019Q3	Quarterly GDP [+]
Debt [+]	2018	205,978	2,054,922	2018	Debt [+]
Debt [+]	2018	243,260	2,426,862	2018	Debt [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]	2018	63.60%	85.90%	2018	Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2018	42,000€	30,833€	2018	Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2018	49,602$	36,414$	2018	Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit (M.€) [+]	2018	169	-55,511	2018	Deficit (M.€) [+]
Deficit (M.$) [+]	2018	199	-65,558	2018	Deficit (M.$) [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]	2018	0.10%	-2.30%	2018	Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2018	82,168.2	992,419.0	2018	Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2018	97,040.6	1,172,046.8	2018	Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2015	9,908.1	134,945.6	2016	Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2015	10,980.4	147,916.3	2016	Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2015	13.07%	13.91%	2016	Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]	2018	16,772.7	180,324.1	2018	Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
Gov. Health Exp.(M.$) [+]	2018	19,808.5	72,986.2	1998	Gov. Health Exp.(M.$) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]	2016	19.65%	18.88%	2016	Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2018	1,071.2	43,196.0	2018	Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2018	1,265.3	50,415.6	2018	Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2018	1.26%	4.62%	2018	Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]	2018	25.40%	41.00%	2018	Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2018	16,755€	14,891€	2018	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2018	19,787$	17,586$	2018	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2015	2,110€	2,055€	2016	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2015	2,329$	2,253$	2016	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2018	3,472€	2,721€	2018	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2018	4,101$	3,175$	2016	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2018	220€	650€	2018	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2018	259$	759$	2018	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Moody's Rating [+]	09/15/2017	A2	Aa2	11/08/2019	Moody's Rating [+]
S&P Rating [+]	11/29/2019	AA-	AA	06/27/2016	S&P Rating [+]
Fitch Rating [+]	11/15/2019	A+	AA	12/17/2019	Fitch Rating [+]
Corruption Index [+]	2018	73	80	2018	Corruption Index [+]
Competitiveness Ranking [+]	2019	24º	9º	2019	Competitiveness Ranking [+]
Fragile States Index [+]	2018	20.7	34.3	2018	Fragile States Index [+]
RTI Raking [+]	09/28/2018	49º	42º	09/28/2018	RTI Raking [+]
Innovation Ranking [+]	2018	10º	4º	2018	Innovation Ranking [+]
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]	December 2019	4.8%	3.8%	November 2019	Unemployment Rate [+]
Unemployment rate [+]	2019Q3	5.2%	3.9%	2019Q3	Unemployment rate [+]
Unemployed [+]	2019Q3	128 m.	1,333 m.	2019Q3	Unemployed [+]
NMW [+]	2019	1,896.4 $	1,721.0 $	2019	NMW [+]
NMW [+]	2019	1,656.2 €	1,524.5 €	2019	NMW [+]
Average Wage [+]	2018	47,227€	44,784€	2018	Average Wage [+]
Average Wage [+]	2018	55,775$	55,054$	2015	Average Wage [+]
Human Capital Ranking [+]	2017	19º	23º	2017	Human Capital Ranking [+]
Markets
US Dollar exchange rate [+]	01/24/2020	0.9062	0.7491	12/13/2019	US Dollar exchange rate [+]
10-Year Bond Yield [+]	01/27/2020	-0.12%	0.51%	01/27/2020	10-Year Bond Yield [+]
Risk Premium [+]	01/27/2020	26	89	01/27/2020	Risk Premium [+]
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]	12/31/2020	0%	0%	12/31/2020	Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]	December 2019	1.3%	1.3%	December 2019	CPI (overall index) [+]
HICP [+]	December 2019	1.1%	1.3%	December 2019	HICP [+]
PPI Year on Year [+]	December 2019	0.9%	1.8%	December 2019	PPI Year on Year [+]
Money Market
Key rates [+]	10/17/2017	0%	0.75%	08/02/2018	Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]	2019	23º	9º	2019	Doing Business [+]
IPI Year on Year [+]	November 2019	-1.8%	-1.9%	November 2019	IPI Year on Year [+]
Passengers vehicles Year [+]	June 2019	119,274	2,322,398	June 2019	Passengers vehicles Year [+]
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]	June 2019	29.87	41.38	June 2019	Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]
			1,583,490	2018	Motor vehicle production [+]
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]	2015	489.96	584.59	2015	Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]
Taxes
Standard VAT [+]	01/01/2012	23.00%	20.00%	01/04/2011	Standard VAT [+]
Top tax rate + SSC [+]	2018	52.0%	47.0%	2018	Top tax rate + SSC [+]
Trade
Exports [+]	2018	139,831.2 M.€	412,055.5 M.€	2018	Exports [+]
Exports [+]	2017	137,021.0 M.$	441,031.0 M.$	2017	Exports [+]
Exports % GDP [+]	2018	43.15%	17.00%	2018	Exports % GDP [+]
Imports [+]	2018	91,560.2 M.€	570,546.8 M.€	2018	Imports [+]
Imports [+]	2017	88,515.8 M.$	644,061.0 M.$	2017	Imports [+]
Imports % GDP [+]	2018	28.26%	23.54%	2018	Imports % GDP [+]
Trade balance [+]	2018	48,271.0 M.€	-158,491.3 M.€	2018	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance [+]	2017	48,505.2 M.$	-203,030.0 M.$	2017	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance % GDP [+]	2018	14.90%	-6.54%	2018	Trade balance % GDP [+]
Retail Sales YoY [+]	November 2019	2.0%	2.5%	December 2019	Retail Sales YoY [+]
Socio-Demography
Ranking [+]	2015	15º	10º	2015	Ranking [+]
Density [+]	2018	70	274	2018	Density [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]	2019	12º	45º	2019	Global Peace Ranking [+]
Crude divorce rate [+]	2015	0.70‰	1.80‰	2016	Crude divorce rate [+]
Remittance received (M.$) [+]	2017	607.7	4,373.9	2017	Remittance received (M.$) [+]
% Immigrant [+]	2017	16.70%	13.34%	2017	% Immigrant [+]
% Emigrant [+]	2017	16.60%	7.43%	2017	% Emigrant [+]
Birth Rate [+]	2018	12.50‰	11.00‰	2018	Birth Rate [+]
Remittance sent (M.$) [+]	2017	2,161.1	26,801.5	2017	Remittance sent (M.$) [+]
Crude death rate [+]	2018	6.40‰	9.30‰	2018	Crude death rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]	2017	1.77	1.74	2017	Fertility Rate [+]
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]	2017	0.90	1.20	2017	Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]
Crude marriage rate [+]	2017	4.60‰	4.40‰	2016	Crude marriage rate [+]
% risk of poverty [+]	2015	16.3%	16.7%	2015	% risk of poverty [+]
Population [+]	2018	4,904,226	66,647,112	2018	Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]	2017	806,549	8,841,717	2017	Immigrant stock [+]
Emigrant stock [+]	2017	802,084	4,921,309	2017	Emigrant stock [+]
HDI [+]	2017	0.938	0.922	2017	HDI [+]
Gender Gap Ranking [+]	2018	9º	15º	2018	Gender Gap Ranking [+]
Life expectancy [+]	2017	82.20	81.30	2017	Life expectancy [+]
Number of homicides [+]	2017	41	803	2017	Number of homicides [+]
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]	2018	7.75	5.59	2018	CO2 Tons per capita [+]

Ireland

Capital: Dublin
Population: 4,904,226
Surface Area: 70,280 km2
Currency: Euros
Religion: Mostly Christianity
Belongs to: CoE, EA, EEA, IMF, OECD, UN, OSCE, EU

United Kingdom

Capital: London
Population: 66,647,112
Surface Area: 243,610 km2
Currency: British pounds (1 EUR=0.8431 GBP)
Religion: Mostly Christianity
Belongs to: CoE, EEA, G20, G8, IMF, NATO, OECD, UN, OSCE, EU