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 · DE212
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Dublin (Opportunity 81). Runner-up: München, Kreisfreie Stadt (74). Contrarian pick: München, Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Labour market (EU pctl 97).
Strengths
Economic base (98) · Labour market (97)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Dublin
Energy cost (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Energy cost (EU pctl 1) — München, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Dublin · Manufacturing → München, Kreisfreie Stadt · Office → Dublin · Residential → Dublin.
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
74.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
35.8
62.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
59.7
69.3
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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36.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
72.0
65.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
93.0
77.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
90.4
45.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
8.8% 5y
1.3% 5y
Population
1.9% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
4.6% 5y
0.7% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€179,790
€99,820
Population density
1,674 /km²
4,861 /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
€137,220M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€121M
€30M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€33,956M
€25,729M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€30,163M
€23,189M
GVA — construction (F)
€4,961M
€2,719M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€127,354M
€39,232M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€28,100
€34,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
154,300 PPS
89,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€182,300
€100,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€79,048M
€92,019M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€19,258M
€17,837M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€82,802M
€176,106M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€18,530M
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GVA — information & communication (J)
€102,443M
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GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€77,488M
€46,447M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€22,537M
€23,064M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€265,045M
€130,681M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€321,103
€130,392
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€71,681M
€39,825M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
969,470
1,203,650
Self-employed persons
85,130
87,460
Employment in manufacturing (C)
56,080
113,320
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.0%
83.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
12.5%
5.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.9%
3.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
876,100
884,400
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
136,809
80,686
Enterprise births
17,816
8,323
Enterprise deaths
29,902
8,244
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.3%
4.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.1%
5.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
11.6%
8.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.6%
3.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
63.0%
47.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
70.4%
57.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
16.1%
9.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
36.9%
32.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
14.4%
13.5%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.5%
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Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
10,856,401
19,681,341
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
426 /1k
612 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
43,654 kt
16,602 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
3,738
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
310
248
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
34 km/1000km²
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Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
3
29
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
1,047,322
Population aged 65+
215,682
256,263
Population aged under 15
279,310
201,420
Median age of population
38.2 yrs
39.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
20.3%
24.5%
Crude rate of total population change
23.7 /1k
10.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
19.9 /1k
8.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.8 /1k
10.4 /1k
Crude death rate
6.0 /1k
8.4 /1k
Live births
15,065
15,553
Deaths
9,164
12,509
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
46.6%
43.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.24
1.23
Population density (persons per km²)
1,665 /km²
4,829 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
1,860,816
1,757,114
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
17.1%
15.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.2 yrs
82.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
10.4%
11.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
319 /100k
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Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
907 /100k
931 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
240 /100k
204 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
0.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
70.3 /100k
50.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
235 /100k
276 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,352 /100k
1,272 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
22 /M
35 /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
522 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
18 days/yr
90 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
7 days/yr