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NUTS-3 IE053 · Ireland
South-West
Population
780,3762025
GDP
€125,950M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.2%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
12,238.7 km²

Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores

Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
73.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
27.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
55.6
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
48.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
84.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
90.6

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita
€161,397
Population density
64 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only

All indicators · 69 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€119,927M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€1,232M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€89,177M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€87,318M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,860M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€8,227M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€28,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
138,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€163,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€43,613M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€27,811M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€41,142M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€3,737M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€1,869M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€12,047M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€7,383M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
397,150
Self-employed persons
62,680
Employment in manufacturing (C)
53,730
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
9.8%
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
54,528
Enterprise births
5,747
Enterprise deaths
8,091
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.8%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
9.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
54.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
63.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
12.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
29.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
12.0%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
95.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
7,487,017
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
483 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,672
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
214
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
43
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
510,776
Population aged 65+
131,499
Population aged under 15
138,101
Median age of population
40.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
25.7%
Crude rate of total population change
13.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
11.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.4 /1k
Crude death rate
7.0 /1k
Live births
7,258
Deaths
5,400
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.44
Population density (persons per km²)
64 /km²
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.7 yrs
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
256 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
936 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
247 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
13.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
79.8 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
916 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
32 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
241 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
27 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
9 days/yr