NUTS-3 IE041 · Ireland
Border
Export region data (CSV)Border generates €14bn of GDP across 441.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 58.1/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +6.7%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 6.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (78th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (27th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
58.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth81.2
Livability52
Market access26
Economic scale73
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
50
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability7
Labour stability11
Diversification85
Demographic stability97
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
27
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density35
Airport access20
Market access26
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
81.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary96
Lifelong learning65
Knowledge workers77
Scientists & engineers88
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
52
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy45.5
Jobs47.5
Education71
Health78
Safety42.7
Connectivity27
Environment52
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
81.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+7.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.4%
CAGR
Employment rate
+6.7 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.2 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Public · health · education · 25.8%Diversified · HHI 2033
Agriculture 4.6%Industry 21.3%Construction 7.4%Trade · transport · ICT 20.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 20.3%Public · health · education 25.8%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
All indicators · 69 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€13,655M
2024 · EU pctl 74
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€626M
2024 · EU pctl 92
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,911M
2024 · EU pctl 71
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,585M
2024 · EU pctl 75
GVA — construction (F)
€1,006M
2024 · EU pctl 79
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,821M
2024 · EU pctl 74
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€26,200
2023 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
27,600 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 30
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€32,600
2024 · EU pctl 44
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€7,935M
2023 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,209M
2023 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€18,607M
2023 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€913M
2024 · EU pctl 49
GVA — information & communication (J)
€449M
2024 · EU pctl 73
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,774M
2024 · EU pctl 72
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,518M
2024 · EU pctl 78
Labour market
Employment, total persons
189,410
2024 · EU pctl 71
Self-employed persons
32,660
2024 · EU pctl 73
Employment in manufacturing (C)
22,230
2024 · EU pctl 60
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
77.5%
2025 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
13.4%
2025 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
29,728
2023 · EU pctl 73
Enterprise births
3,186
2023 · EU pctl 75
Enterprise deaths
3,596
2023 · EU pctl 81
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.7%
2023 · EU pctl 58
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.4%
2023 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
6.3%
2025 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
53.2%
2025 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
61.2%
2025 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
13.0%
2025 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
27.7%
2025 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
11.9%
2025 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
92.8%
2025 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
6,562,299
2024 · EU pctl 91
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
458 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,029
CURRENT · EU pctl 55
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
233
CURRENT · EU pctl 35
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
90
CURRENT · EU pctl 80
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
276,032
2025 · EU pctl 73
Population aged 65+
77,493
2025 · EU pctl 64
Population aged under 15
88,415
2025 · EU pctl 83
Median age of population
40.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 6
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
28.1%
2025 · EU pctl 8
Crude rate of total population change
0.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 6
Crude birth rate
9.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Crude death rate
7.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Live births
4,303
2024 · EU pctl 81
Deaths
3,189
2024 · EU pctl 53
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.1%
2025 · EU pctl 57
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.73
2024 · EU pctl 96
Population density (persons per km²)
39 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 12
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
24.7%
2025 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
83.2 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
277 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
885 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
239 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 65
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
125 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 28
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
512 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
58 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
99 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 28
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 0
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
27 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 19
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
9 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 82
Environment
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 48
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
53
2024 · EU pctl 47
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