NUTS-3 IE052 · Ireland
South-East
Export region data (CSV)South-East generates €22bn of GDP across 485.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 64.8/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +2.4%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 7.9pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (74th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (42.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
64.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth72
Livability59
Market access45
Economic scale83
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)
46
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability2
Labour stability11
Diversification72
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)
29.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density34
Airport access9
Market access45
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)
59
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy74
Jobs55
Education53.5
Health69.5
Safety44.7
Connectivity42.5
Environment74
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
72
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-4.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-5.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.8%
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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 27.8%Diversified · HHI 2126
Agriculture 5%Industry 24.9%Construction 5.5%Trade · transport · ICT 17.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 27.8%Public · health · education 19.3%
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)
€20,557M
2024 · EU pctl 84
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€1,033M
2024 · EU pctl 98
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,115M
2024 · EU pctl 88
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,837M
2024 · EU pctl 91
GVA — construction (F)
€1,127M
2024 · EU pctl 83
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,606M
2024 · EU pctl 79
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)
38,300 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 68
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€45,300
2024 · EU pctl 76
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)
€1,462M
2024 · EU pctl 66
GVA — information & communication (J)
€576M
2024 · EU pctl 78
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,716M
2024 · EU pctl 85
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,960M
2024 · EU pctl 82
Labour market
Employment, total persons
219,330
2024 · EU pctl 76
Self-employed persons
37,170
2024 · EU pctl 78
Employment in manufacturing (C)
26,790
2024 · EU pctl 68
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)
29,874
2023 · EU pctl 73
Enterprise births
3,157
2023 · EU pctl 75
Enterprise deaths
3,995
2023 · EU pctl 84
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.1%
2023 · EU pctl 67
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)
3,462,487
2024 · EU pctl 81
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.
1,056
CURRENT · EU pctl 56
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
218
CURRENT · EU pctl 34
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
117
CURRENT · EU pctl 91
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
313,366
2025 · EU pctl 77
Population aged 65+
81,771
2025 · EU pctl 66
Population aged under 15
90,058
2025 · EU pctl 84
Median age of population
40.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 5
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
26.1%
2025 · EU pctl 4
Crude rate of total population change
25.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
22.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Crude birth rate
9.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Crude death rate
7.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Live births
4,611
2024 · EU pctl 83
Deaths
3,422
2024 · EU pctl 57
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.8%
2025 · EU pctl 20
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.60
2024 · EU pctl 88
Population density (persons per km²)
67 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 26
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
1.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
12.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
156 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 37
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
947 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
32 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
89 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 25
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 0
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
17 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 12
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 80
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.
9
2024 · EU pctl 26
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
56
2024 · EU pctl 60
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