NUTS-3 IE061 · Ireland
Population
1,556,2552025
GDP
€279,800M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80.7%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
929.6 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
IE061 · DE600
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Dublin (Opportunity 81). Runner-up: Hamburg (65).
#2Hamburg
Strengths
Economic base (97) · Demographic outlook (88)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Dublin
Energy cost (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Energy cost (EU pctl 1) — Hamburg may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Dublin leads under all four archetype mandates — the recommendation is weight-stable.
Phase-2 diligence checklist
- Site-level grid connection capacity and power pricing (beyond country-grain energy data)
- Local incentives, tax regimes and permitting timelines
- Workforce depth for your specific roles (the talent pillar is a proxy)
- Real-estate availability, rents and land — public pan-EU data stops at the Nordics
This is a mandate-neutral read. To weight the pillars to your thesis, run these regions through the Site Screener — it ranks all 1,211 regions under your weights and exports the full PDF. First-pass macro screening, not investment advice.
Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
81.3
65.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
35.8
48.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
59.7
54.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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32.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
72.0
69.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
93.0
79.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
90.4
34.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
8.8% 5y
0.8% 5y
Population
1.9% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
4.6% 5y
2.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€179,790
€83,248
Population density
1,674 /km²
2,510 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€266,418M
€141,628M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€121M
€87M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€33,956M
€19,635M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€30,163M
€16,072M
GVA — construction (F)
€4,961M
€3,964M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€127,354M
€45,176M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€28,100
€29,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
154,300 PPS
75,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€182,300
€84,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€79,048M
€27,332M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€19,258M
€2,502M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€82,802M
€78,264M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€18,530M
€12,347M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€102,443M
€8,654M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€77,488M
€46,715M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€22,537M
€26,051M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€265,045M
€129,374M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€321,103
€123,586
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€71,681M
€27,755M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
969,470
1,358,510
Self-employed persons
85,130
103,250
Employment in manufacturing (C)
56,080
109,100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.0%
78.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
12.5%
8.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.9%
5.3%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
876,100
1,035,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
136,809
91,932
Enterprise births
17,816
10,052
Enterprise deaths
29,902
9,414
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.3%
4.6%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.1%
2.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
11.6%
7.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.6%
2.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
63.0%
43.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
70.4%
48.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
16.1%
11.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
36.9%
31.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
14.4%
12.4%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.5%
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Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
10,856,401
16,068,105
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
426 /1k
435 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
43,654 kt
54,626 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4,819
5,196
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
34 km/1000km²
104 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
310
279
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
3
7
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
1,061,263
1,260,836
Population aged 65+
215,682
336,092
Population aged under 15
279,310
265,637
Median age of population
38.2 yrs
41.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
20.3%
26.7%
Crude rate of total population change
23.7 /1k
5.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
19.9 /1k
6.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.8 /1k
9.5 /1k
Crude death rate
6.0 /1k
10.0 /1k
Live births
15,065
17,553
Deaths
9,164
18,591
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
46.6%
47.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.24
1.24
Population density (persons per km²)
1,665 /km²
2,616 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
1,860,816
2,101,740
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
17.1%
23.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.2 yrs
81.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
10.4%
18.9%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
319 /100k
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Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
907 /100k
1,002 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
240 /100k
248 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
70.3 /100k
127 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
235 /100k
469 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,352 /100k
3,255 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
22 /M
21 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.71
1.78
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.77
1.56
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.50
1.58
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.65
1.82
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.81
0.53
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.212/kWh
€0.161/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.057/kWh
€0.055/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
74 m
23 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
5 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
18 days/yr
49 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
2 days/yr