International Rankings of Ireland 2024, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Ireland, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Ireland, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	23	31.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	67	1.516 million	2020
Internet users - percent of population	8	95.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	100	4.750 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	27	32.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	62	1.498 million	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	52	108.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	123	5.374 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	13	5.80 % of household expenditures	2018
Average household expenditures - on food	91	9.00 % of household expenditures	2018
Budget - expenditures	41	97.713 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	36	99.784 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	33	0.30 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	8	72.220 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	11	2.829 trillion US Dollars	2019
Exchange rates	142	0.85	N/A
Exports	14	677.028 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	34	398.476 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	6	119.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	116	10.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	178	34.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	176	89.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	61	23.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	44	1.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	139	1.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	32	38.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	103	60.20 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	105	31 %	2018
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	74	27.20 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2000
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	22	2.90 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	19	477.544 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	6	20.33 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	124	2.36 %	2021
Labor force	116	2.518 million US Dollars	2021
Population below poverty line	126	13 %	2018
Public debt	57	71.58 % of GDP	2020
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	41	515.880 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	12	13.59 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	4	102500 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	76	13.247 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	118	16.51 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	111	6.63 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	86	18.80 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	83	16.10 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	79	17.40 %	2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	83	1.430 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	58	10.965 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	64	23.080 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	72	35.475 million	2019
Coal - consumption	88	351000 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	37	132000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	69	408000 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	70	14.000 million metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	64	30.627 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - exports	51	1.913 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	58	1.761 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	59	11.430 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	80	2.309 billion kWh	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	32	3.60 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	93	57.80 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	117	3.70 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	67	0.20 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	4	34.80 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	41	133.674 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	59	5.492 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - imports	45	2.847 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	57	2.652 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - proven reserves	73	9.911 billion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	53	60300 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	65	159100 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	101	600 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	61	37040 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - imports	49	126600 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - production	78	64970 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	62	38 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	76	14 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	167	8 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	29	66	2018
Land use - arable land	69	15	2018
Land use - forest	144	11	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	15	51	2018
Total renewable water resources	92	52.000 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	125	40.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	64	520.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	48	990.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	104	1.15	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	85	65	2023
Geography
Area - land	121	68883 sq km	N/A
Area - total	123	70273 sq km	N/A
Area - water	101	1390 sq km	N/A
Coastline	72	1448 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	130	1041 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	136	118 meters	N/A
Land boundaries - total	139	490 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	29	66	2018
Land use - arable land	69	15	2018
Land use - forest	144	11	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	15	51	2018
Population Density	133	77.29 Persons per sq km	N/A
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	9	5 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	25	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	44	2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	14	11 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	23	3 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	122	11.30 births/1,000 population	2023
Current health expenditure	48	7 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	110	52 %	2023
Death rate	57	7.10 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	51	22.70 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	111	4.40 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	101	53.20 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	120	30.50 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	27	97 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	95	2 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	79	3 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	38	3 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	55	3 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	86	0.84 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	155	3.30 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	160	3.20 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	159	3.20 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	24	84 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	14	81 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	18	82 years	2023
Maternal mortality ratio	117	5.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	54	40 years	N/A
Median age - male	42	39 years	N/A
Median age - total	40	40 years	2023
Mother's mean age at first birth	9	31	2020
Net migration rate	13	6.80 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	43	25.30 %	2016
Physicians density	36	3.49 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	123	5.324 million	2023
Population growth rate	72	1.09 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	18	98 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	112	1 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	106	2 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	77	2 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	22	1.01 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	26	0.87 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	21	0.98 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	114	1.72 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	104	1.15	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	85	65	2023
Transportation
Airports	54	100	2024
Heliports	61	5	2024
Merchant marine - total	87	94	2023
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	54	168.710 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	87	1.676 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	15	450.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	19	9	2020
Waterways	65	956 km	2010

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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