Country statistical profiles: Key tables from OECD - ISSN 2075-2288 - © OECD 2023
| | Country statistical profile: Ireland 2023 | |||||||||
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| | | Unit | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| | Production and income | |||||||||
| | GDP per capita | USD current PPPs | 69 166 | 71 633 | 78 052 | 84 824 | 89 847 | 94 038 | 106 879 | 126 217 |
| | Gross national income (GNI) per capita | USD current PPPs | 53 244 | 58 418 | 62 070 | 65 781 | 69 787 | 70 791 | 81 104 | .. |
| | Household disposable income per capita | Annual growth % | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 2.2 | -0.6 |
| | Economic growth | |||||||||
| | Real GDP growth | Annual growth % | 24.4 | 2.0 | 9.0 | 8.5 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 13.6 | 12.0 |
| | Net saving rate in household disposable income | % | 3.3 | 2.4 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 5.7 | 21.6 | 20.2 | .. |
| | Gross fixed capital formation | Annual growth % | 50.5 | 50.3 | -0.7 | -8.2 | 100.9 | -16.5 | -39.0 | 25.9 |
| | Economic structure: share of real value added | |||||||||
| | Agriculture, forestry, fishing | % | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| | Industry including energy | % | 39.1 | 37.5 | 36.2 | 36.6 | 35.2 | 37.4 | 38.0 | 41.1 |
| | Construction | % | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| | Trade, repairs, transport, accomm., food services | % | 12.4 | 12.8 | 12.5 | 11.4 | 11.0 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 8.9 |
| | Information, communication | % | 9.4 | 9.9 | 11.4 | 12.9 | 15.2 | 17.2 | 18.1 | 17.0 |
| | Finance and insurance | % | 6.7 | 6.4 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
| | Real estate | % | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 5.8 |
| | Professional, scientific, support services | % | 10.1 | 10.5 | 11.1 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 11.5 | 10.4 | 9.7 |
| | Public admin., defence, education, health, social work | % | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.5 | 10.9 | 10.6 | 10.3 | 9.7 | 8.6 |
| | Other services (ISIC Rev.4 R - U) | % | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| | Government deficits and debt | |||||||||
| | Government deficit | % of GDP | -2.0 | -0.8 | -0.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | -5.0 | -1.6 | 1.6 |
| | General government debt | % of GDP | 88.5 | 85.2 | 76.4 | 74.5 | 68.8 | 71.8 | 65.3 | .. |
| | General government revenues | % of GDP | 27.0 | 27.3 | 25.9 | 25.5 | 24.7 | 22.3 | 23.2 | 23.0 |
| | General government expenditures | % of GDP | 29.1 | 28.1 | 26.2 | 25.3 | 24.3 | 27.3 | 24.8 | .. |
| | Expenditure | |||||||||
| | Government/compulsory expenditure on health | % of GDP | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
| | Voluntary expenditure on health | % of GDP | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| | Public social expenditure | % of GDP | 15.2 | 15.1 | 14.2 | 13.5 | 12.9 | 15.7 | 14.2 | 12.8 |
| | Private social expenditure | % of GDP | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.9 | .. | .. | .. |
| | Public pension expenditure | % of GDP | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.3 | .. | .. | .. |
| | Private pension expenditure | % of GDP | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| | Official Development Assistance - grant equivalent | % of GNI | .. | .. | .. | 0.31 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.30 | 0.64 |
| | Official Development Assistance - flows basis | % of GNI | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.32 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| | Taxes | |||||||||
| | Total tax revenue | % of GDP | 23.2 | 23.5 | 22.5 | 22.3 | 21.9 | 19.9 | 21.1 | .. |
| | Tax on personal income | % of GDP | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 6.5 | 6.9 | .. |
| | Tax on corporate profits | % of GDP | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.6 | .. |
| | Taxes on goods and services | % of GDP | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 5.6 | 6.0 | .. |
| | Taxes on the average worker | % of labour cost | 33.2 | 32.7 | 32.6 | 32.9 | 33.3 | 34.0 | 34.5 | 34.7 |
| | Trade | |||||||||
| | Imports of goods and services | % of GDP | 93.3 | 106.0 | 99.0 | 94.3 | 124.4 | 114.4 | 95.0 | 99.6 |
| | Exports of goods and services | % of GDP | 122.1 | 121.7 | 121.0 | 122.8 | 127.9 | 133.3 | 134.4 | 137.0 |
| | Goods trade balance: exports minus imports of goods | Bln USD | 46.7 | 49.7 | 44.4 | 57.4 | 68.5 | 80.4 | 70.6 | 66.6 |
| | Imports of goods | Bln USD | 76.6 | 81.0 | 93.1 | 107.3 | 101.0 | 99.1 | 119.1 | 146.1 |
| | Exports of goods | Bln USD | 123.3 | 130.7 | 137.6 | 164.8 | 169.6 | 179.4 | 189.9 | 213.0 |
| | Service trade balance: exports minus imports of services | Bln USD | -41.8 | -70.5 | -49.0 | -19.3 | -118.2 | -81.7 | 0.7 | -17.6 |
| | Imports of services | Bln USD | 175.2 | 219.9 | 231.5 | 242.5 | 375.8 | 372.0 | 346.6 | 372.3 |
| | Exports of services | Bln USD | 133.4 | 149.4 | 182.4 | 223.1 | 257.6 | 290.3 | 347.3 | 354.7 |
| | Current account balance of payments | % of GDP | 4.7 | -4.2 | 0.4 | 6.1 | -16.5 | -7.7 | 15.0 | 8.2 |
| | Foreign direct investment (FDI) | |||||||||
| | Outward FDI stocks | Mln USD | 909 668 | 856 582 | 986 846 | 955 265 | 1 111 705 | 1 197 232 | 1 452 568 | 1 184 299 |
| | Inward FDI stocks | Mln USD | 890 126 | 840 646 | 1 058 012 | 1 070 770 | 1 246 879 | 1 382 743 | 1 378 429 | 1 408 687 |
| | Inflows of foreign direct investment | Mln USD | 217 820 | 39 377 | 52 722 | -12 512 | 158 489 | 82 122 | 15 926 | 1 488 |
| | Outflows of foreign direct investment | Mln USD | 168 443 | 30 055 | -2 043 | 4 314 | 34 442 | -46 482 | 62 229 | 5 332 |
| | Prices and interest rates | |||||||||
| | Inflation rate: all items | Annual growth % | -0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 | -0.3 | 2.4 | 7.8 |
| | Inflation rate: all items non food non energy | Annual growth % | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 4.7 |
| | Inflation rate: food | Annual growth % | -2.1 | -1.3 | -2.1 | -2.0 | -0.7 | -1.4 | -0.3 | 6.9 |
| | Inflation rate: energy | Annual growth % | -8.2 | -6.2 | 3.9 | 7.1 | 1.1 | -5.0 | 12.3 | 41.2 |
| | Producer Price Indices (PPI): manufacturing | Annual growth % | -4.4 | 0.2 | -0.9 | -0.4 | 2.3 | -1.4 | 2.2 | 8.6 |
| | Long-term interest rates | % | 1.18 | 0.74 | 0.80 | 0.95 | 0.33 | -0.06 | 0.06 | 1.75 |
| | Purchasing power and exchange rates | |||||||||
| | Purchasing power parities | EUR per USD | 0.81 | 0.79 | 0.79 | 0.79 | 0.81 | 0.80 | 0.79 | 0.78 |
| | Exchange rates | EUR per USD | 0.90 | 0.90 | 0.89 | 0.85 | 0.89 | 0.88 | 0.85 | 0.95 |
| | Indices of price levels | OECD=100 | 102 | 102 | 104 | 107 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 102 |
| | Energy supply and prices | |||||||||
| | Total primary energy supply (TPES) | Mtoe | 13.4 | 14.0 | 13.6 | 13.8 | 13.7 | 13.2 | 13.7 | .. |
| | TPES per unit of GDP at 2000 prices and PPPs | Toe per '000 USD | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | .. |
| | Renewable energy | Ktoe | 1 105.3 | 1 105.0 | 1 302.1 | 1 429.6 | 1 579.9 | 1 709.4 | 1 570.3 | .. |
| | Crude oil import prices | USD per barrel | 53.54 | 45.03 | 55.01 | 72.18 | 65.03 | 43.71 | 71.28 | 104.42 |
| | Information and Communications Technology (ICT) | |||||||||
| | Households with access to computers | % | 83.5 | .. | 83.8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| | Households with access to internet | % | 84.9 | 86.9 | 88.4 | 89.1 | 90.6 | 91.8 | 93.7 | |
| | Environment | |||||||||
| | Water abstactions | Mln m3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| | National fish landings in domestic ports | '000 tonnes | 204 | 208 | 213 | 184 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| | National fish landings in foreign ports | '000 tonnes | 30 | 34 | 32 | 30 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| | Aquaculture | '000 tonnes | 40 | 40 | 45 | 37 | 38 | 38 | .. | .. |
| | Municipal waste total | '000 tonnes | 2 763 | 2 768 | 2 912 | 3 086 | .. | .. | ||
| | Municipal waste total per capita | Kg | 559 | 583 | 578 | 600 | 627 | 645 | .. | .. |
| | CO2emissions from fuel combustion | Mln tonnes | 35 | 37 | 36 | 36 | 34 | 32 | 34 | .. |
| | Education | |||||||||
| | Tertiary attainment in population aged 25-64 | % | 43 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 47 | 50 | 54 | .. |
| | Expenditure per student: primary, 2010 prices | USD constant PPPs | 7 471 | 7 668 | 8 180 | 8 528 | 8 687 | .. | .. | .. |
| | Expenditure per student: secondary, 2010 prices | USD constant PPPs | 10 235 | 10 175 | 9 406 | 10 620 | 10 383 | .. | .. | .. |
| | Expenditure per student: tertiary, 2010 prices | USD constant PPPs | 16 539 | 16 790 | 16 724 | 17 130 | 16 997 | .. | .. | .. |
| | Youths 15-19 not in education nor employment | % | 8.0 | 9.8 | 8.4 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 4.9 | .. |
| | Youths 20-24 not in education nor employment | % | 19.8 | 15.9 | 14.4 | 13.6 | 13.0 | 12.7 | 13.0 | .. |
| | Employment | |||||||||
| | Employment rate in population aged 15-24 | % | 37.8 | 42.0 | 39.9 | 40.2 | 41.2 | 35.9 | 42.9 | 47.8 |
| | Employment rate in population aged 25-54 | % | 74.7 | 75.8 | 78.0 | 79.0 | 80.0 | 77.3 | 80.0 | 82.8 |
| | Employment rate in population aged 55-64 | % | 55.4 | 56.8 | 58.3 | 60.3 | 61.7 | 60.8 | 62.8 | 66.8 |
| | Incidence of part-time employment | % | 23.3 | 19.9 | 19.8 | 19.6 | 19.4 | 18.4 | 19.7 | 19.6 |
| | Self-employment rate: total employment | % | 16.5 | 16.2 | 15.0 | 14.4 | 14.1 | .. | ||
| | Self-employment rate: male employment | % | 23.3 | 22.8 | 21.0 | 20.1 | 19.3 | .. | ||
| | Self-employment rate: female employment | % | 8.4 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 8.1 | .. | ||
| | Unemployment | |||||||||
| | Unemployment rate: total labour force | % | 9.9 | 8.4 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 4.5 |
| | Unemployment rate: male labour force | % | 10.8 | 9.1 | 7.1 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 4.4 |
| | Unemployment rate: female labour force | % | 8.9 | 7.6 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 4.6 |
| | Long-term unemployment: total unemployed | % | 57.6 | 52.3 | 46.5 | 37.6 | 33.3 | 24.0 | 29.9 | 31.7 |
| | Labour compensation and hours worked | |||||||||
| | Labour compensation per unit labour input, total economy | Annual growth % | 2.6 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 9.1 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| | Average time worked per person in employment | Hours per year | 1 682 | 1 704 | 1 727 | 1 742 | 1 742 | 1 620 | 1 627 | 1 657 |
| | Research and Development (R&D) | |||||||||
| | Gross domestic expenditure on R&D | Mln USD | 3 839 | 3 893 | 4 521 | 4 575 | 5 064 | 5 409 | 5 264 | .. |
| | Researchers: full-time equivalent | Per '000 employed | 12.2 | 11.7 | 11.4 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.8 | .. | .. |
| | Population | |||||||||
| | Total population | '000 persons | 4 688 | 4 740 | 4 792 | 4 857 | 4 921 | 4 977 | 5 011 | .. |
| | Total fertitity rates | Children | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | .. |
| | Youth population aged less than 15 | % of population | 21.4 | 21.2 | 21.0 | 20.8 | 20.5 | 20.2 | 19.9 | .. |
| | Elderly population aged 65 and over | % of population | 13.0 | 13.3 | 13.6 | 13.9 | 14.1 | 14.5 | 14.8 | .. |
| | International migration | |||||||||
| | Foreign-born population | % of population | 17.3 | 17.3 | 17.2 | 17.3 | 17.8 | .. | .. | .. |
| | Foreign population | % of population | 12.0 | 12.9 | 11.9 | 12.4 | 12.8 | .. | .. | .. |
| | Unemployment rate in population of native-born men | % of labour force | 10.7 | 9.2 | 7.1 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 6.1 | .. |
| | Unemployment rate in population of foreign-born men | % of labour force | 12.9 | 9.8 | 7.9 | 6.4 | 5.6 | 6.9 | 7.3 | .. |
| | Unemployment rate in population of native-born women | % of labour force | 7.2 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 5.7 | .. |
| | Unemployment rate in population of foreign-born women | % of labour force | 9.7 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 6.2 | 8.0 | 7.6 | .. |
| | Health | |||||||||
| | Life expectancy at birth | Years | 81.5 | 81.7 | 82.2 | 82.2 | 82.8 | 82.6 | 82.4 | .. |
| | Life expectancy at birth: men | Years | 79.6 | 79.8 | 80.4 | 80.4 | 80.8 | 80.8 | 80.5 | .. |
| | Life expectancy at birth: women | Years | 83.4 | 83.6 | 84.0 | 84.1 | 84.7 | 84.4 | 84.3 | .. |
| | Infant mortality | Per '000 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.2 | .. |
| | Overweight or obese, % of population aged 15 and over | Measured | 61.0 | .. | 62.0 | .. | 61.0 | .. | .. | .. |
| | Suicide Rates | Per 100 000 persons | 9.5 | .. | .. | 9.4 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| | Transport | |||||||||
| | Goods transport | Mln tonne-km | 9 940 | 11 665 | 11 858 | 11 627 | 12 475 | 11 457 | 12 555 | .. |
| | Passenger transport | Mln passenger-km | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| | Road Fatalities | Per mln inhabitants | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | .. |
| Last updated: 10 July 2023; disclaimer: http://oe.cd/disclaimer | ||||||||||
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| Source: OECD Data (data.oecd.org). | ||||||||||