NUTS-3 IE051 · Ireland
Mid-West
Export region data (CSV)Mid-West generates €35bn of GDP across 540.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 72.1/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +7.4%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 7.9pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (86.5th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (42th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
72.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth90.2
Livability60.3
Market access47
Economic scale91
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 stability2
Labour stability11
Diversification12
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)
45
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density33
Airport access55
Market access47
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)
84
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary97
Lifelong learning64
Knowledge workers86
Scientists & engineers89
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)
60.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy86.5
Jobs55
Education53.5
Health69.5
Safety58.7
Connectivity42
Environment57
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
90.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+9.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-2.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.6%
CAGR
Employment rate
+7.9 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-1.6 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 · 40.9%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2644
Agriculture 2.7%Industry 40.9%Construction 3.4%Trade · transport · ICT 18.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 20.2%Public · health · education 14.6%
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)
€33,119M
2024 · EU pctl 92
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€902M
2024 · EU pctl 97
GVA — industry (B–E)
€13,541M
2024 · EU pctl 98
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€13,111M
2024 · EU pctl 98
GVA — construction (F)
€1,120M
2024 · EU pctl 82
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€6,045M
2024 · EU pctl 89
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€28,700
2023 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
55,200 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 93
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€65,100
2024 · EU pctl 94
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€43,613M
2023 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€27,811M
2023 · EU pctl 100 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€41,142M
2023 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,211M
2024 · EU pctl 59
GVA — information & communication (J)
€1,886M
2024 · EU pctl 88
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,687M
2024 · EU pctl 89
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,824M
2024 · EU pctl 86
Labour market
Employment, total persons
265,730
2024 · EU pctl 82
Self-employed persons
40,610
2024 · EU pctl 81
Employment in manufacturing (C)
40,730
2024 · EU pctl 82
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
78.0%
2025 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
9.8%
2025 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
34,222
2023 · EU pctl 76
Enterprise births
3,525
2023 · EU pctl 78
Enterprise deaths
5,075
2023 · EU pctl 89
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.8%
2023 · EU pctl 61
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.6%
2023 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
9.1%
2025 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
54.8%
2025 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
63.4%
2025 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
12.9%
2025 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
29.7%
2025 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
12.0%
2025 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
95.6%
2025 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,323,932
2024 · EU pctl 80
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
483 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 18 · 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.
1,137
CURRENT · EU pctl 59
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
210
CURRENT · EU pctl 33
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
50
CURRENT · EU pctl 45
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
351,012
2025 · EU pctl 81
Population aged 65+
92,872
2025 · EU pctl 70
Population aged under 15
96,487
2025 · EU pctl 86
Median age of population
40.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 5
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
26.5%
2025 · EU pctl 5
Crude rate of total population change
20.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
17.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Crude birth rate
9.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Crude death rate
7.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 4
Live births
5,097
2024 · EU pctl 86
Deaths
3,900
2024 · EU pctl 63
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.9%
2025 · EU pctl 16
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.49
2024 · EU pctl 69
Population density (persons per km²)
53 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 18
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
18.2%
2025 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.7 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
256 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
936 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
247 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
13.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
212 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,155 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
32 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
263 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 57
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 0
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
28 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 20
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 76
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.
11
2024 · EU pctl 43
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
51
2024 · EU pctl 35
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