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Ireland

Europe & Central Asia · High income · capital Dublin

Reports 20 of 21 indicators tracked here.

Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.

Health

Life expectancy

2024 · 2 years old

83.0years

Ranks 23 of 217 in 2024

11% above world median · 4% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Under-5 mortality

2024 · 2 years old

3.9per 1,000 live births

Ranks 30 of 196 in 2024

74% below world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Maternal mortality

2023 · 3 years old

4per 100,000 live births

Ranks 14 of 194 in 2023

91% below world median · 33% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Child stunting

2011 · 15 years old

2.2% of under-5s

Ranks 4 of 38 in 2011

92% below world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 38 countries reporting in 2011 — not a published figure

Health spending

2024 · 2 years old

6.85% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

29% below world median

Medians computed across 22 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Fertility rate

2024 · 2 years old

1.47births per woman

Not ranked — no better end

22% below world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education

Primary enrolment

2022 · 4 years old

96.5% gross

Ranks 122 of 165 in 2022

4% below world median · 4% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure

Education spending

2021 · 5 years old

2.90% of GDP

Ranks 138 of 168 in 2021

32% below world median · 38% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 168 countries reporting in 2021 — not a published figure

Economy

GDP per capita

2025 · 1 year old

131,592current US$

Ranks 2 of 186 in 2025

15.7× above world median · 3.7× above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

GDP per capita (PPP)

2025 · 1 year old

155,089international $

Ranks 3 of 185 in 2025

6.7× above world median · 2.0× above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Extreme poverty

2023 · 3 years old

0.1% of population

Ranks 5 of 57 in 2023

89% below world median · 75% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 57 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Income inequality (Gini)

2023 · 3 years old

29.0index, 0–100

Ranks 12 of 57 in 2023

14% below world median · 7% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 57 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Unemployment

2025 · 1 year old

4.6% of labour force

Ranks 78 of 182 in 2025

9% below world median · 17% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Inflation

2025 · 1 year old

2.2% per year

Not ranked — no better end

27% below world median

Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Military spending

2024 · 2 years old

0.24% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

85% below world median

Medians computed across 147 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Infrastructure

Electricity access

2024 · 2 years old

100.0% of population

Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024

about the same world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Safe drinking water

2024 · 2 years old

96.1% of population

Ranks 49 of 148 in 2024

19% above world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 148 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Internet use

2024 · 2 years old

97.2% of population

Ranks 16 of 182 in 2024

18% above world median · 6% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Environment

CO₂ per person

2024 · 2 years old

6.04t CO₂e per person

Not ranked — no better end

1.4× above world median

Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Society

Population

2025 · 1 year old

5.5mpeople

Not ranked — no better end

16% below world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Never reported

Ireland has no figure in this dataset for Adult literacy. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.