Ireland Ireland

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Ireland, is a country located at Northern Europe, it has an area of 70,280 Km2 and it may be considered quite a small country.

Ireland, with a population of 5,271,395 people, it is one of the least populous country in the world and it has a moderate population density, 75 people per km2.

It's capital is Dublin and its currency is Euros

Ireland is holding the 26 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2023 was 220,673 millions of euros (238,613 millions of dollars), ( 43.7% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €41,862 euros per inhabitant$45,266 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in Ireland was on March of 2024 and it was 2.9%.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Ireland, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.945 points in 2021, leaving it in 8th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit Ireland are business, you must know it's in the 24th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Ireland, if you want to see information about other countries click here

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Ireland Economy
Gouvernement
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]2023Q423,392K
Annual GDP [+]2023€504,620M
Annual GDP [+]2023$545,645M
GDP per capita [+]2023€95,290
GDP per capita [+]2023$103,511
Quarterly GDP [+]2023Q4€123,309M
Debt (M.€.) [+]2023220,673
Debt ($M) [+]2023238,613
Debt (%GDP) [+]202343.70%
Debt Per Capita [+]2023€41,862
Debt Per Capita [+]2023$45,266
Deficit (M.€) [+]20238,328
Deficit ($M) [+]20239,005
Deficit (%GDP) [+]20231.70%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]2023115,386.6
Expenditure ($M) [+]2023124,767.5
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]201811,109.7
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]201813,093.5
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]201813.32%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]202223,602,546,000.0
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]202224,853,480,938.0
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]201720.04%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]20221,139.7
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]20221,201.1
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20221.03%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202322.90%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023€21,889
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023$23,669
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2018€2,286
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2018$2,680
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022€4,665
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022$4,912
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022€223
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022$233
Moody's Rating [+]04/21/2023Aa3
S&P Rating [+]05/19/2023AA
Fitch Rating [+]01/28/2022AA-
Corruption Index [+]202277
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201924º
Fragile States Index [+]201820.7
RTI Raking [+]202248º
Innovation Ranking [+]201810º
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]March 20244.3%
Unemployment rate [+]2023Q44.2%
Unemployed [+]2023Q4118K
NMW [+]2024$2,371.7
NMW [+]2024€2,146.3
Average Wage [+]2022$57,545
Average Wage [+]2022€54,649
Human Capital Ranking [+]201719º
Markets
US Dollar exchange rate [+]04/26/20240.9334
10-Year Bond Yield [+]04/26/20242.97%
Risk Premium [+]04/26/202440
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]04/25/202439.48%
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]March 20242.9%
HICP [+]March 20241.7%
PPI Year on Year [+]February 2024-24.2%
Money Market
Key rates [+]09/20/20234.50%
Business
Doing Business [+]202024º
IPI Year on Year [+]February 2024-36.0%
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 2022105,364
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 202224.95
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2021538.72
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202221.5%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/201223.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202252.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]201910,951,000
Exports [+]2023€193,481.4M
Exports [+]2023$209,498.8M
Exports % GDP [+]202338.34%
Imports [+]2023€138,659.9M
Imports [+]2023$147,065.2M
Imports % GDP [+]202327.48%
Trade balance [+]2023€54,821.6M
Trade balance [+]2023$62,433.6M
Trade balance % GDP [+]202310.86%
Retail Sales YoY [+]December 20230.1%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201515º
Density [+]202275
Global Peace Ranking [+]2023
Crude divorce rate [+]20170.70‰
Remittance received ($M) [+]2017607.7
% Immigrant [+]202017.40%
% Emigrant [+]202014.67%
Birth Rate [+]202210.50‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]20172,161.1
Crude death rate [+]20226.80‰
Fertility Rate [+]20221.54
Crude marriage rate [+]20213.30‰
% risk of poverty [+]202214.0%
Population [+]20225,271,395
Immigrant stock [+]2020871,256
Emigrant stock [+]2020734,317
HDI [+]20210.945
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202311º
Life expectancy [+]202282.60
Suicides [+]2021449
Suicide rate [+]20218.96
Number of homicides [+]202244
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20220.88
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20227.61
Consumption GWh [+]202230,736
Generation GWh [+]202232,981
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]04/14/20249,592
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]04/14/20241,735,481
Fully vaccinated [+]01/29/20244,065,378
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]04/14/20241,819.63
Doses administered [+]01/29/202411,146,000