NUTS-3 IE042 · Ireland
West
Export region data (CSV)West generates €31bn of GDP across 517k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 67.5/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +11.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 6.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (78th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (27.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
67.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth86
Livability57.8
Market access36
Economic scale90
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)
31
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability3
Labour stability11
Diversification11
Demographic stability99
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)
49.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density36
Airport access77
Market access36
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)
57.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy75.5
Jobs47.5
Education71
Health78
Safety54.3
Connectivity27.5
Environment51
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
86
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+11.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+8.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+3.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+3.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.9%
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: Industry · 41.5%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2689
Agriculture 1.3%Industry 41.5%Construction 4.1%Trade · transport · ICT 20%Finance · real estate · prof. 16.3%Public · health · education 16.9%
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)
€29,129M
2024 · EU pctl 90
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€380M
2024 · EU pctl 80
GVA — industry (B–E)
€12,088M
2024 · EU pctl 97
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€11,219M
2024 · EU pctl 98
GVA — construction (F)
€1,193M
2024 · EU pctl 84
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,822M
2024 · EU pctl 88
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)
50,700 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 90
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€59,900
2024 · EU pctl 92
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)
€1,757M
2024 · EU pctl 72
GVA — information & communication (J)
€1,486M
2024 · EU pctl 86
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,736M
2024 · EU pctl 82
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,911M
2024 · EU pctl 86
Labour market
Employment, total persons
250,020
2024 · EU pctl 81
Self-employed persons
43,120
2024 · EU pctl 83
Employment in manufacturing (C)
38,250
2024 · EU pctl 80
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)
35,534
2023 · EU pctl 78
Enterprise births
3,755
2023 · EU pctl 79
Enterprise deaths
4,709
2023 · EU pctl 87
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.8%
2023 · EU pctl 60
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)
5,692,982
2024 · EU pctl 89
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.
1,285
CURRENT · EU pctl 64
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
249
CURRENT · EU pctl 36
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
29
CURRENT · EU pctl 23
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)
334,052
2025 · EU pctl 78
Population aged 65+
90,182
2025 · EU pctl 69
Population aged under 15
92,751
2025 · EU pctl 85
Median age of population
40.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 6
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
27.0%
2025 · EU pctl 6
Crude rate of total population change
25.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
22.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Crude birth rate
9.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Crude death rate
6.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 2
Live births
4,987
2024 · EU pctl 86
Deaths
3,498
2024 · EU pctl 59
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.8%
2025 · EU pctl 20
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.55
2024 · EU pctl 82
Population density (persons per km²)
37 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 11
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
0.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
108 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
634 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
58 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
62 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 18
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 0
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
16 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 12
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 79
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 49
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
54
2024 · EU pctl 52
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