International Rankings of Ireland 2014, country comparisons

Communications
Ranked Data	Value	Rank	Date of Info
Internet hosts	1,387,000	40	2012
Internet users	3,042,000	67	2009
Telephones - main lines in use	2,007,000	57	2012
Telephones - mobile cellular	4,906,000	114	2012
Economy
Budget expenditures	$88,790,000,000	40	2013 est.
Budget revenues	$73,000,000,000	43	2013 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) % of GDP	-7.60	188	2013 est.
Central bank discount rate(%)	1.5	136	31 Dec 201
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)	3.81	172	31 Dec 2012 est.
Current account balance	$9,245,000,000	27	2013 est.
Debt - external	$2,163,000,000,000	11	31 Dec 2012 est.
Distribution of family income - Gini index	33.9	94	2010
Exports	$119,300,000,000	36	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	107.80	6	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	15.30	106	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	50.40	156	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	-84.60	173	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	10.60	186	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	0.30	104	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture(%)	1.60	189	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry(%)	27.90	95	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - services(%)	70.50	62	2012 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	$208,000,000,000	49	2013 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$40,700	24	2013 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	$186,700,000,000	58	2013 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	0.20	177	2013 est.
Gross national saving (% of GPD)	15.30	101	2012 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	27.20	108	2000
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% (%)	2.90	56	2000
Imports	$63,630,000,000	46	2013 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	-1.20	149	2013 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	1.70	192	2013 est.
Labor force	2,154,000	120	2013 est.
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture (%)	5.00	150	2011 est.
Labor force - by occupation - industry (%)	19.00	97	2011 est.
Labor force - by occupation - services (%)	76.00	24	2011 est.
Market value of publicly traded shares	$ 33,720,000,000	57	31 Dec 2011
Population below poverty line (%)	5.50	156	2009
Public debt (% of GPD)	117.60	11	2013 est.
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	$1,707,000,000	126	31 Dec 2012 est.
Stock of broad money	$ 291,100,000,000	33	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad	$766,000,000,000	11	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home	$725,800,000,000	11	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of domestic credit	$433,100,000,000	28	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of narrow money	$ 122,300,000,000	30	31 Dec 2013 est.
Taxes and other revenues	35.1	68	2013 est.
Unemployment rate (%)	14.70	61	2013 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	36,570,000	72	2011 est.
Crude Oil - exports	1,858	68	2010 est.
Crude Oil - imports	62,070	53	2010 est.
Crude Oil - production	726	113	2012 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	0	197	1 Jan 2013 est.
Electricity - consumption(kWh)	26,100,000,000	65	2011 est.
Electricity - exports (kWh)	370,000,000	67	2012 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	76.2	97	2010 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	2.9	129	2010 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	0.0	200	2010 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	17.4	8	2010 est.
Electricity - imports (kWh)	724,000,000	69	2012 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	8,316,000	64	2010 est.
Electricity - production (kWh)	26,040,000,000	67	2011 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	5,464.85	48	NA
Natural gas - consumption (cu m)	5,506,000,000	57	2010 est.
Natural gas - exports (cu m)	0	196	2011 est.
Natural gas - imports (cu m)	4,522,000,000	36	2012 est.
Natural gas - production (cu m)	373,000,000	74	2012 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)	9,911,000,000	83	1 Jan 2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	144,000	69	2011 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	26,120	71	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	166,000	34	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	59,630	82	2010 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	1,448	77	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	1041	161	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	0	210	NA
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - per capita (cu km/yr)	226.9	108	2007
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - total (cu km/yr)	0.79	118	2007
Irrigated land (sq km)	11	163	2003
Land Area - sq km	68,883.00	121	NA
Land boundaries - km	360	147	NA
Land use - arable land (%)	15.11	73	2011
Land use - other (%)	84.87	150	2011
Land use - permanent crops (%)	0.01	204	2011
Population density - Persons per sq km*	69.33	135	Jul 2014 est.
Total Area - sq km	70,273.00	120	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	52.00	93	2011
Water Area - sq km	1,390	102	NA
Military
Manpower available for military service - female	1,163,728	107	2010 est.
Manpower available for military service - male	1,179,125	117	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - female	965,900	115	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - male	977,631	115	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - female	27,197	131	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - male	28,564	131	2010 est.
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	0.90	142	2012
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	499,367	119	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	521,145	119	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	21.40	146	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female	282,364	135	2013 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male	291,090	135	2013 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	12.00	198	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female	1,055,339	116	2013 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male	1,065,685	114	2013 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	44.40	50	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female	240,193	106	2013 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male	241,918	97	2013 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	10.10	77	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female	313,348	93	2013 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male	265,533	89	2013 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	12.10	65	2014 est.
Birth Rate(births/1,000 population)	15.50	131	2014 est.
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	64.80	64	2004/05
Death Rate(deaths/1,000 population)	6.41	154	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio (number of working-age people (ages 15-64) per one elderly person (ages 65+))	0	182	201
Drinking water source - Improved - rural	99.7	37	NA
Drinking water source - Improved - total	99.9	37	NA
Drinking water source - Improved - urban	100	48	NA
Drinking water source - UnImproved - rural	0.3	168	2011 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	0.1	170	2011 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	0	193	2011 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	6.50	30	2010
Health expenditures	9.40	36	2011
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	0.20	104	2009 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	100	150	2009 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	6,900	113	2009 est.
Hospital bed density	3.20	73	2010
Infant mortality rate - female (deaths/1,000 live births)	3.38	203	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - male (deaths/1,000 live births)	4.16	201	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - total (deaths/1,000 live births)	3.78	203	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - female (years)	82.83	35	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - male (years)	78.18	26	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - total (years)	80.44	27	2014 est.
Literacy - female (%)	99.00	48	2003 est.
Literacy - male (%)	99.00	57	2003 est.
Literacy - total (%)	99.00	47	2003 est.
Maternal mortality rate	6.00	173	2010
Median age - female (years)	35.80	71	2014 est.
Median age - male (years)	35.10	68	2014 est.
Median age - total (years)	35.40	70	2014 est.
Mother's mean age at first birth (years)	29.80	4	2011 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	2.51	35	2014 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	25.20	58	2008
Physicians density	3.19	37	2008
Population	4,775,982	120	Jul 2014 est.
Population growth rate (%)	1.16	101	2014 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	97.9	46	NA
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	2.1	153	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	99	46	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	1	158	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	99.6	48	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	0.4	154	NA
School life expectancy - female (years)	19	7	2011
School life expectancy - male (years)	19	4	2011
School life expectancy - total (years)	19	3	2011
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	1.04	156	2013 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	1.03	142	2013 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	1.01	103	2013 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	1.01	55	2013 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	0.84	83	2014 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	1.06	69	2014 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	1.00	87	2014 est
Suffrage	18.00	200	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	2.01	129	2014 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - female (%)	24	45	2012
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - male(%)	36	13	2012
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - total (%)	29	27	2012
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	1.8	104	2011
Urbanization - urban population (%)	62	103	2011
Transportation
Airports	40	105	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	16	95	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	24	97	2013
Merchant marine (ships)	31	84	2010
Pipelines (km)	2,147	67	2013
Railways (km)	3,237	54	2008
Roadways (km)	96,036	49	2014
Waterways (km)	956	68	2010

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