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NUTS-3 IE042 · Ireland
West
Population
516,9852025
GDP
€30,592M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
79.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
14,228.1 km²

Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores

Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
67.5
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
31.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
57.8
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
49.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
81.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
86.0

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita
€59,174
Population density
36 /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)
€29,129M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€380M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€12,088M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€11,219M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,193M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,822M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
50,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€59,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€7,935M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,209M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€18,607M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,757M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€1,486M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,736M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,911M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
250,020
Self-employed persons
43,120
Employment in manufacturing (C)
38,250
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.4%
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
35,534
Enterprise births
3,755
Enterprise deaths
4,709
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.8%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
53.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
61.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
27.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
92.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
5,692,982
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
458 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,285
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
249
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
29
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
334,052
Population aged 65+
90,182
Population aged under 15
92,751
Median age of population
40.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
27.0%
Crude rate of total population change
25.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
22.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.8 /1k
Crude death rate
6.9 /1k
Live births
4,987
Deaths
3,498
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.55
Population density (persons per km²)
37 /km²
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
24.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.2 yrs
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
277 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
885 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
239 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.2 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
108 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
634 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
58 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
62 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
16 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
8 days/yr