Country statistical profiles: Key tables from OECD
The key tables by country statistical profiles include a wide range of indicators on economy, education, energy, environment, foreign aid, health, information and communication, labour, migration, R&D, trade and society. Historical data refer to the latest eight time periods.
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| Country statistical profile: Ireland 2014 | |||||||||
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| | Unit | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| Production and income | |||||||||
| GDP per capita | USD current PPPs | 42 300 | 44 932 | 42 133 | 40 230 | 41 131 | 42 943 | 42 941 | .. |
| Gross national income (GNI) per capita | USD current PPPs | 37 070 | 38 936 | 36 522 | 33 536 | 34 577 | 34 847 | 35 063 | .. |
| Household disposable income | Annual growth % | 4.3 | 6.2 | 7.0 | 1.0 | -2.7 | -3.7 | -1.7 | .. |
| Economic growth | |||||||||
| Real GDP growth | Annual growth % | 5.5 | 5.0 | -2.2 | -6.4 | -1.1 | 2.2 | 0.2 | |
| Net saving rate in household disposable income | % | -0.4 | -0.5 | 6.0 | 11.5 | 8.5 | 6.4 | 5.2 | .. |
| Gross fixed capital formation | % of GDP | 4.8 | 2.5 | -9.5 | -27.0 | -22.7 | -9.1 | -0.6 | .. |
| Economic structure: share of real value added | |||||||||
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | % | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.6 | .. |
| Industry | % | 21.6 | 21.7 | 21.4 | 24.7 | 24.6 | 26.3 | 26.3 | .. |
| Trade, transport, accomm., restaurants, communication | % | 22.5 | 22.7 | 23.4 | 23.8 | 25.5 | 24.6 | 25.2 | .. |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, business | % | 26.0 | 27.1 | 27.2 | 25.9 | 25.9 | 25.7 | 25.4 | .. |
| Other services (ISIC Rev.4 O - U) | % | 17.4 | 17.6 | 19.6 | 21.5 | 20.6 | 19.9 | 19.9 | .. |
| Government deficits and debt | |||||||||
| Government deficit | % of GDP | 2.9 | 0.2 | -7.4 | -13.7 | -30.6 | -13.0 | -8.1 | |
| General government debt | % of GDP | 28.7 | 28.4 | 49.2 | 70.1 | 87.3 | 102.3 | 125.8 | .. |
| General government revenues | % of GDP | 37.4 | 36.9 | 35.4 | 34.5 | 34.9 | 34.0 | 34.5 | 35.9 |
| General government expenditures | % of GDP | 34.5 | 36.7 | 42.8 | 48.2 | 65.5 | 47.1 | 42.6 | 42.9 |
| Expenditure | |||||||||
| Public expenditure on health | % of GDP | 5.7 | 6.0 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 6.0 | .. |
| Private expenditure on health | % of GDP | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2.9 | .. | .. |
| Public social expenditure | % of GDP | 16.1 | 16.7 | 19.7 | 23.6 | 23.7 | 23.3 | 22.4 | 21.6 |
| Private social expenditure | % of GDP | .. | .. | 1.6 | 2.2 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Public pension expenditure | % of GDP | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 5.1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Private pension expenditure | % of GDP | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Net official development assistance (Aid) | % of GNI | .. | 0.55 | 0.59 | 0.54 | 0.52 | 0.51 | 0.47 | .. |
| Taxes | |||||||||
| Total tax revenue | % of GDP | 31.6 | 31.1 | 29.2 | 27.6 | 27.4 | 27.9 | 28.3 | .. |
| Taxes on income and profits | % of GDP | 12.5 | 12.2 | 11.0 | 10.1 | 10.0 | 11.4 | 12.1 | .. |
| Taxes on goods and services | % of GDP | 11.3 | 11.2 | 10.8 | 10.0 | 9.9 | 9.6 | 9.9 | .. |
| Taxes on the average worker | % of labour cost | 23.0 | 22.2 | 22.3 | 24.7 | 25.8 | 25.8 | 25.9 | 26.6 |
| Trade | |||||||||
| Imports of goods and services | % of GDP | 69.6 | 71.4 | 74.3 | 74.2 | 81.2 | 81.1 | 83.6 | .. |
| Exports of goods and services | % of GDP | 79.2 | 80.4 | 83.3 | 90.2 | 99.8 | 102.7 | 107.8 | .. |
| Goods trade balance: exports minus imports of goods | Bln USD | .. | .. | .. | .. | 57.8 | .. | 55.2 | .. |
| Imports of goods | Bln USD | .. | .. | .. | .. | 60.5 | .. | 63.1 | .. |
| Exports of goods | Bln USD | .. | .. | .. | .. | 118.3 | .. | 118.3 | .. |
| Service trade balance: exports minus imports of services | Bln USD | -8.5 | -1.5 | -11.2 | -9.6 | -8.8 | -2.4 | 4.1 | |
| Imports of services | Bln USD | 80.2 | 94.6 | 110.6 | 103.5 | 107.2 | 115.6 | 111.9 | |
| Exports of services | Bln USD | 71.6 | 93.0 | 99.3 | 93.9 | 98.4 | 113.3 | 116.1 | |
| Current account balance of payments | % of GDP | -3.5 | -5.2 | -5.4 | -2.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 4.2 | |
| Foreign direct investment (FDI) | |||||||||
| Outward FDI stocks | Mln USD | .. | .. | .. | .. | 340 110 | 330 793 | 379 982 | .. |
| Inward FDI stocks | Mln USD | 156 491 | 203 683 | 188 302 | 250 122 | 285 572 | 290 479 | 339 727 | 377 701 |
| Inflows of foreign direct investment | Mln USD | -5 545 | 24 712 | -16 421 | 25 717 | 42 807 | 23 566 | 38 329 | 35 513 |
| Outflows of foreign direct investment | Mln USD | 15 332 | 21 150 | 18 912 | 26 617 | 22 350 | -1 166 | 18 526 | 22 847 |
| Prices and interest rates | |||||||||
| Inflation rate: all items | Annual growth % | 3.9 | 4.9 | 4.1 | -4.5 | -0.9 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 0.5 |
| Inflation rate: all items non food non energy | Annual growth % | 4.2 | 5.7 | 3.3 | -4.4 | -1.2 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
| Inflation rate: food | Annual growth % | 1.4 | 2.8 | 6.5 | -3.5 | -4.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
| Inflation rate: energy | Annual growth % | 8.2 | 4.6 | 8.8 | -7.9 | 9.6 | 12.0 | 9.4 | -0.1 |
| Producer Price Indices (PPI): manufacturing | Annual growth % | 3.5 | 2.2 | 5.9 | -3.6 | 1.6 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 1.3 |
| Long-term interest rates | % | 3.79 | 4.33 | 4.55 | 5.23 | 5.99 | 9.58 | 5.99 | 3.83 |
| Purchasing power and exchange rates | |||||||||
| Purchasing power parities | EUR per USD | 0.98 | 0.96 | 0.95 | 0.89 | 0.84 | 0.83 | 0.83 | 0.82 |
| Exchange rates | EUR per USD | 0.80 | 0.73 | 0.68 | 0.72 | 0.76 | 0.72 | 0.78 | 0.75 |
| Indices of price levels | OECD = 100 | 124 | 127 | 132 | 122 | 109 | 109 | 104 | 110 |
| Energy supply and prices | |||||||||
| Total primary energy supply (TPES) | Mtoe | 14.6 | 15.1 | 14.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.2 | 13.3 | .. |
| TPES per unit of GDP at 2000 prices and PPPs | Toe per '000 USD | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.08 | .. |
| Renewables' contribution to total primary energy supply | % | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 6.2 | 6.1 | .. |
| Crude oil import prices | USD per barrel | 66.38 | 74.16 | 100.39 | 62.61 | 80.95 | 113.92 | 115.64 | .. |
| Information and Communications Technology (ICT) | |||||||||
| Exports of ICT goods | Mln USD | 24 121 | 22 724 | 19 939 | 12 775 | 8 839 | 7 306 | 6 762 | .. |
| ICT related occupations: business sector employment | % | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5.2 | .. | .. |
| Households with access to the Internet | % | .. | .. | .. | .. | 71.7 | 78.1 | 81.1 | .. |
| Environment | |||||||||
| Water abstractions | Mln m3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 730 | .. | .. |
| Fish landings in domestic and foreign ports | '000 tonnes | .. | .. | .. | 227 | 293 | .. | .. | .. |
| Aquaculture | '000 tonnes | .. | .. | .. | 47 | 0 | .. | .. | .. |
| Municipal waste total | '000 tonnes | 3 385 | 3 398 | 3 224 | 2 953 | 2 846 | .. | .. | .. |
| Municipal waste per capita | Kg | 800 | 770 | 720 | 650 | 620 | 620 | .. | .. |
| CO2emissions from fuel combustion | Mln tonnes | 45 | 44 | 44 | 39 | 39 | 35 | 36 | .. |
| Education | |||||||||
| Tertiary attainment in population aged 25-64 | % | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 37.7 | .. | .. |
| Expenditure per student: primary, 2010 prices | USD constant PPPs | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 384 | .. | .. | .. |
| Expenditure per student: secondary, 2010 prices | USD constant PPPs | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 380 | .. | .. | .. |
| Expenditure per student: tertiary, 2010 prices | USD constant PPPs | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 008 | .. | .. | .. |
| Youths 15-19 not in education nor employment | % | .. | 5.1 | 8.5 | 11.0 | 10.4 | 9.4 | .. | .. |
| Youths 20-24 not in education nor employment | % | .. | 12.1 | 14.6 | 20.8 | 26.4 | 26.4 | .. | .. |
| Employment | |||||||||
| Employment rate in population aged 15-24 | % | 49.3 | 50.4 | 47.3 | 37.5 | 31.9 | 29.4 | 27.9 | 28.8 |
| Employment rate in population aged 25-54 | % | 78.3 | 78.8 | 77.9 | 72.5 | 70.6 | 69.6 | 69.4 | 70.8 |
| Employment rate in population aged 55-64 | % | 53.2 | 54.2 | 54.1 | 51.9 | 50.8 | 50.8 | 49.5 | 50.9 |
| Incidence of part-time employment | % | 19.3 | 19.8 | 20.8 | 23.8 | 24.9 | 25.7 | 25.0 | 24.2 |
| Self-employment rate: total employment | % | 16.2 | 16.7 | 17.2 | 17.5 | 17.1 | 16.6 | 16.7 | .. |
| Self-employment rate, men: male employment | % | 23.2 | 23.9 | 24.7 | 26.2 | 25.3 | 24.6 | 24.8 | .. |
| Self-employment rate, women: female employment | % | 6.7 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.5 | .. |
| Unemployment | |||||||||
| Unemployment rate: total labour force | % | 4.5 | 4.7 | 6.4 | 12.0 | 13.9 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 13.1 |
| Unemployment rate, men: male labour force | % | 4.6 | 4.8 | 7.1 | 17.0 | 17.7 | 17.7 | 15.0 | |
| Unemployment rate, women: female labour force | % | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 8.2 | 9.9 | 10.8 | 11.0 | 10.7 |
| Long-term unemployment: total unemployed | % | 31.6 | 29.5 | 27.1 | 29.1 | 49.1 | 59.3 | 61.7 | 60.6 |
| Labour compensation and hours worked | |||||||||
| Labour compensation per unit labour input, total economy | Annual growth % | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Average time worked per person in employment | Hours per year | 1 879 | 1 865 | 1 844 | 1 812 | 1 801 | 1 801 | 1 806 | 1 815 |
| Research and Development (R&D) | |||||||||
| Gross domestic expenditure on R&D | Mln USD | 2 124 | 2 290 | 2 526 | 2 757 | 2 732 | 2 666 | 2 751 | .. |
| Researchers: full-time equivalent | Per '000 employed | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 8.9 | .. |
| Population | |||||||||
| Total population | '000 persons | 4 233 | 4 376 | 4 485 | 4 533 | 4 555 | 4 575 | 4 585 | |
| Population growth rates | % | 2.4 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | |
| Total fertility rates | Children | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | .. |
| Youth population aged less than 15 | % of population | 20.4 | 20.2 | 20.4 | 20.7 | 21.0 | 21.3 | 21.7 | |
| Elderly population aged 65 and over | % of population | 10.9 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 11.0 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 12.0 | |
| International migration | |||||||||
| Foreign-born population | % of population | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16.8 | .. | .. |
| Foreign population | % of population | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6.6 | .. | .. |
| Unemployment rate of native-born men | % of labour force | .. | 4.6 | 6.2 | 14.4 | 16.6 | 17.5 | 17.8 | .. |
| Unemployment rate of foreign-born men | % of labour force | .. | 6.0 | 7.1 | 18.2 | 19.7 | 19.8 | 19.4 | .. |
| Unemployment rate of native-born women | % of labour force | .. | 4.0 | 3.4 | 7.2 | 8.9 | 10.0 | 10.1 | .. |
| Unemployment rate of foreign-born women | % of labour force | .. | 5.8 | 6.5 | 11.7 | 13.0 | 14.1 | 14.8 | .. |
| Health | |||||||||
| Life expectancy at birth | Years | 79.3 | 79.7 | 80.2 | 80.3 | 80.8 | 80.8 | 81.0 | .. |
| Life expectancy at birth: men | Years | 76.9 | 77.3 | 77.9 | 77.8 | 78.5 | 78.6 | 78.7 | .. |
| Life expectancy at birth: women | Years | 81.7 | 82.1 | 82.4 | 82.7 | 83.1 | 83.0 | 83.2 | .. |
| Infant mortality | Per '000 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | .. |
| Obesity rate ages 15 and over | % of population | .. | 23.0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Suicide rates | Per 100 000 persons | 10.6 | 10.4 | 11.5 | 11.7 | 11.0 | .. | .. | .. |
| Transport | |||||||||
| Goods transport | Mln tonne-km | 17 893 | 19 275 | 17 393 | 12 147 | 11 016 | 10 046 | 9 986 | 9 237 |
| Passenger transport | Mln passenger-km | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Road fatalities | Per mln inhabitants | 86 | 78 | 63 | 53 | 47 | 41 | .. | .. |
Last updated: 12 December 2014; disclaimer: http://oe.cd/disclaimer | ||||||||||
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Source: OECD Factbook statistics. For explanatory notes, see OECD Factbook 2014 (DOI: 10.1787/factbook-2014-en) |