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General profile: Ireland

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR 2023
Exchange rate
Population
Population
Exchange rates
GDP
GDP
5.197 Millions
..
552 298 Millions current US$
Land area¹
Land area
CPI growth (%)
CPI growth
GDP growth
GDP growth
(q) 68 890 km²
5.21 %
-2.04 %
INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
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-2.4 %
Merchandise exports growth rate in 2023
Total merchandise trade
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Merchandise exports
109 657
116 497
123 361
208 984
Merchandise imports
68 565
60 276
76 977
150 554
Merchandise trade balance
41 092
56 220
46 385
58 430
Export structure by product group in 2023
(as % of total exports)
1 %1 %90 %90 %8 %8 %
Top 5 partners in 2023
(exports, millions of US$)
58 82824 30722 09219 96518 05058 82824 30722 09219 96518 050
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES
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Total trade in services²
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Services exports
56 554
92 150
133 406
397 566
Services imports
73 468
109 956
175 251
389 458
Services trade balance
-16 914
-17 806
-41 845
8 108
Services exports by main category²
(as % of total services)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Transport
-
5.2
5.5
2.9
Travel
-
4.4
3.6
1.9
Other services
-
88.9
(e) 89.6
(e) 94.2
TRADE INDICES
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134138127133128118106108100838185919595929796828086939493971011009696100102110110106108109
ECONOMIC TRENDS
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-2.0 %
Gross domestic product growth rate in 2023
Economic indicators
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2023
GDP, current
211 793
221 697
292 247
552 298
GDP per capita, current US$
50 969
48 628
62 147
106 280
Real GDP growth, y-on-y, %
5.74
1.68
24.48
-2.04
Current account balance, % of GDP
-3.54
-1.20
6.34
8.08
Exchange rate (/US$)
0.804
0.754
0.901
..
GDP by expenditure in 2022
(as % of total GDP)
24.511.423.7137.197.224.511.423.7137.197.2
FDI AND EXTERNAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES
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-1.2 %
FDI outflows as % of GDP in 2023
Financial flows
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2023
FDI inflows
-31 689.30
42 804.07
217 866.42
-9 164.83
FDI outflows
14 312.54
22 348.34
168 479.97
-6 594.65
Personal remittances, % of GDP
0.24
0.30
0.21
..
Financial flows trends
(millions of US$)
435.7179.9276.1586.7623.6596.7575.5603.6725.8722.4695.0756.0658.0573.2633.4589.4539.3-9 165-25 058-3 933102 519149 433-12 01752 83539 414217 86648 24750 61048 88423 54542 80425 715-16 45324 707-5 542-31 689-10 60822 78129 3249 65125 779FDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receipts
TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES
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Trade balance indicators²
(as % and index)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Balance, % of GDP
10.90
16.63
28.72
33.12
Balance, % of imports
15.90
19.20
30.90
33.32
Normalized balance
0.074
0.088
0.134
0.143
Trade openness²
(sum of imports and exports as % of GDP)
232234227247252216219228215201189191188190174160154150148
LIVING AREA
Population by living area in 2023
(% of population)
Urban 64%Urban 64%Rural 36%Rural 36%
OTHER INDICATORS
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0.017 %
Share of the total world merchant fleet in 2023
Maritime transport indicators
 
2005
2010
2015
2023
Merchant fleet, national flag (thousands of DWT)
468
196
309
378
Container port throughput (TEU)
..
782 115
860 278
..
Information economy indicators
(as % of)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Share of ICT goods, % of total exports
21.89
6.89
6.00
..
Share of ICT goods, % of total imports
23.09
9.55
8.99
..
Share of workforce involved in the ICT sector
..
..
..
..
Source: UN Trade and Development, UNCTADstat (https://unctadstat.unctad.org/datacentre)
Notes:
1
Land area refers to the total area of a country excluding area under inland water bodies. It differs from the country area, that includes area under inland water bodies, but excludes offshore territorial waters.
2
Statistics presented correspond to the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6, 2009).
e
Estimated.
q
Estimated. Data refers to 2020.
Symbols for missing values:
0
Zero means that the amount is nil or negligible
..
No value reported or collected
_
Not applicable
...
Not available, including no quotation
#
Non-relevant calculation
-
Not publishable
***
Negative accumulation of flows; Value included in regional and global totals
Abbreviations & acronyms:
DWT:
Dead weight tons
FDI:
Foreign direct investment
GDP:
Gross domestic product
ICT:
Information and communication technology
TEU:
Twenty foot equivalent unit
US$:
United States dollar
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Generation date: 11 October 2024