International Rankings of Ireland 2015, 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	112	2012
Economy
Budget expenditures	$91,300,000,000	38	2013 est.
Budget revenues	$75,320,000,000	43	2013 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) % of GDP	-7.20	96	2013 est.
Central bank discount rate(%)	0.75	59	31 Dec 201
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)	3.55	143	31 Dec 2012 est.
Current account balance	$7,300,000,000	26	2013 est.
Debt - external	$2,164,000,000,000	11	31 Dec 2012 est.
Distribution of family income - Gini index	33.9	80	2010
Exports	$113,600,000,000	35	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	106.80	8	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	14.80	76	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	50.20	136	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	-81.90	148	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	10.00	126	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	0.00	42	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture(%)	1.60	133	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry(%)	28.00	83	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - services(%)	70.40	54	2013 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	$220,900,000,000	49	2013 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$41,300	22	2013 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	$190,400,000,000	59	2013 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	0.60	72	2013 est.
Gross national saving (% of GPD)	13.40	96	2013 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	27.20	82	2000
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% (%)	2.90	19	2000
Imports	$61,510,000,000	48	2013 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	0.20	70	2013 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	0.60	86	2013 est.
Labor force	2,161,000	120	2013 est.
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture (%)	5.00	105	2011 est.
Labor force - by occupation - industry (%)	19.00	64	2011 est.
Labor force - by occupation - services (%)	76.00	22	2011 est.
Market value of publicly traded shares	$ 108,100,000,000	38	31 Dec 2011
Population below poverty line (%)	5.50	126	2009
Public debt (% of GPD)	124.20	7	2013 est.
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	$1,707,000,000	126	31 Dec 2012 est.
Stock of broad money	$ 238,000,000,000	35	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad	$792,600,000,000	11	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home	$777,300,000,000	11	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of domestic credit	$425,400,000,000	29	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of narrow money	$ 121,300,000,000	31	31 Dec 2013 est.
Taxes and other revenues	34.1	65	2013 est.
Unemployment rate (%)	13.50	54	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	52	2010 est.
Crude Oil - production	726	110	2012 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	0	93	1 Jan 2013 est.
Electricity - consumption(kWh)	26,100,000,000	65	2011 est.
Electricity - exports (kWh)	370,000,000	69	2012 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	76.2	46	2010 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	2.9	119	2010 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	0.0	31	2010 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	17.4	9	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)	5,400.64	49	NA
Natural gas - consumption (cu m)	5,506,000,000	56	2010 est.
Natural gas - exports (cu m)	0	54	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	79	1 Jan 2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	144,000	69	2011 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	26,120	70	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	166,000	34	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	59,630	80	2010 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	1,448	76	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	1041	153	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	0	35	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	112	2007
Irrigated land (sq km)	11	159	2003
Land Area - sq km	68,883.00	121	NA
Land boundaries - km	443	140	NA
Land use - arable land (%)	15.11	73	2011
Land use - other (%)	84.87	112	2011
Land use - permanent crops (%)	0.01	173	2011
Population density - Persons per sq km*	70.16	137	Jul 2014 est.
Total Area - sq km	70,273.00	120	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	52.00	91	2011
Water Area - sq km	1,390	100	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	0.55	97	2012
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	506,857	120	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	529,140	120	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	21.40	111	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female	283,127	133	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male	292,962	134	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	11.90	91	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female	1,061,396	117	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male	1,070,875	118	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	44.10	35	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female	244,345	106	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male	245,913	98	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	10.10	44	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female	323,036	93	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male	275,114	89	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	12.10	47	2014 est.
Birth Rate(births/1,000 population)	15.18	128	2014 est.
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	64.80	50	2004/05
Death Rate(deaths/1,000 population)	6.45	144	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio (%)	18.70	39	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	5.40	104	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio (%)	51.40	95	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio (%)	32.70	113	2014 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - rural	99.7	4	2012 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - total	99.9	2	2012 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - urban	100	1	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - rural	0.3	129	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	0.1	123	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	0	95	2012 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	6.40	19	2010
Health expenditures	9.40	25	2011
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	0.20	41	2009 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	100	67	2009 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	6,900	112	2009 est.
Hospital bed density	3.20	43	2010
Infant mortality rate - female (deaths/1,000 live births)	3.35	195	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - male (deaths/1,000 live births)	4.11	195	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - total (deaths/1,000 live births)	3.74	198	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - female (years)	82.97	34	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - male (years)	78.28	25	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - total (years)	80.56	25	2014 est.
Literacy - female (%)	99.00	9	2003 est.
Literacy - male (%)	99.00	10	2003 est.
Literacy - total (%)	99.00	7	2003 est.
Maternal mortality rate	6.00	99	2010
Median age - female (years)	36.10	50	2014 est.
Median age - male (years)	35.40	52	2014 est.
Median age - total (years)	35.70	47	2014 est.
Mother's mean age at first birth (years)	29.80	5	2011 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	3.31	34	2014 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	25.20	48	2008
Physicians density	3.19	32	2008
Population	4,832,765	123	Jul 2014 est.
Population growth rate (%)	1.20	81	2014 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	97.9	10	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	2.1	145	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	99	7	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	1	142	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	99.6	3	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	0.4	136	NA
School life expectancy - female (years)	19	3	2011
School life expectancy - male (years)	19	1	2011
School life expectancy - total (years)	19	2	2011
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	1.04	13	2014 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	1.04	19	2014 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	1.01	25	2014 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	1.00	18	2014 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	0.84	27	2014 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	1.06	10	2014 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	1.00	22	2014 est
Suffrage	18.00	4	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	2.00	98	2014 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - female (%)	24	41	2012
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - male(%)	36	10	2012
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - total (%)	24	36	2012
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	1.63	90	2011
Urbanization - urban population (%)	62.2	82	2010-15 est.
Transportation
Airports	40	84	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	16	63	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	24	77	2013
Merchant marine (ships)	31	76	2010
Pipelines (km)	2,147	67	2013
Railways (km)	3,237	54	2008
Roadways (km)	96,036	49	2014
Waterways (km)	956	58	2010

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