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General Information

Region		Northern Europe
Population (000, 2021)		4 983^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		72.3^a
Capital city		Dublin
Capital city pop. (000, 2021)		1 214.7^b
UN membership date		14-Dec-55
Surface area (km2)		69 825^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		98.7^a
National currency		Euro (EUR)
Exchange rate (per US$)		0.8^c

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	222 071	291 522	398 590^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	1.8	25.2	5.6^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	48 760.5	62 660.2	81 636.6^b
Economy: Agriculture^d (% of Gross Value Added)	1	1	1^b
Economy: Industry^e,f (% of Gross Value Added)	25.6	41.3	37.6^b
Economy: Services and other activity^g (% of GVA)	73.3	57.8	61.4^b
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	5.8	5.3	4.5^h,c
Employment in industry (% of employed)	18.1	18.1	18.5^h,c
Employment in services (% employed)	76.2	76.6	77^h,c
Unemployment^h (% of labour force)	14.5	9.9	5.2^c
Labour force participation rate^h (female/male pop. %)	55.6 / 70.5	55.1 / 69.5	55.8 / 67.9^c
CPI: Consumer Price Indexⁱ (2010=100)	100	105	106^c
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	88	101	113^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	120 645	124 731	184 131^c
International trade: imports (million current US$)	64 601	77 795	98 389^c
International trade: balance (million current US$)	56 045	46 935	85 742^c
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	2 320	12 912	- 44 934^b

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^j (average annual %)	1.9	0.4	1.2^c
Urban population (% of total population)	61.5	62.5	63.4^b
Urban population growth rate^j (average annual %)	2.2	0.6	...
Fertility rate, total^j (live births per woman)	2	2	1.8^c
Life expectancy at birth^j (females/males, years)	82.0 / 77.4	82.5 / 78.7	83.7 / 80.4^c
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	20.8 / 15.9	21.9 / 17.9	20.5 / 20.0^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	730.5 / 16.0	759.3 / 16.3	871.3 / 17.6^c
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	14.2^k	10.5^k	15.8^c
Infant mortality rate^j (per 1 000 live births)	3.7	3.4	2.7^c
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	10.5	7.3	6.9^l
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	4.1	3.2	3.4^b
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	6	3.8	3.5^m
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio^h (f/m per 100 pop.)	103.3 / 103.2	101.0 / 101.4	100.8 / 101.3^l
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio^h (f/m per 100 pop.)	121.7 / 114.8	118.7 / 115.4	165.3 / 144.9^l
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio^h (f/m per 100 pop.)	141.6 / 126.9	141.5 / 133.7	224.5 / 183.5^l
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	1.2	0.7	0.9^l
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	13.9	16.3	22.5ⁿ

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	69.8^o	83.5	84.5^l
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	1.6^h	1.2^h	1.1^p,l
Threatened species (number)	27	39	84
Forested area (% of land area)	10.5	11	11.2^l
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	39.5 / 8.7	35.3 / 7.5	33.4 / 6.8^b
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	78	81	208^l
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	134	120	120^l
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^q (000)	7 134	9 528	10 926^l
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	75.7	77.7	80.7^c
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural %)	72.1 / 67.2	84.2 / 70.7	88.6 / 73.0^c
Net Official Development Assist. disbursed^r (% of GNI)	0.52	0.32	0.32^m

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		2020
d		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
e		Excludes publishing activities.
f		Includes irrigation canals.
g		Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
h		Estimate.
i		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
j		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
k		Data as at the end of December.
l		2018
m		2017
n		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
o		Population aged 16 to 74 years.
p		Provisional data.
q		Including tourists from Northern Ireland.
r		Development Assistance Committee member (OECD).