NUTS-3 IE061 · Ireland
Dublin
Export region data (CSV)Dublin generates €280bn of GDP across 1.6m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 81.3/100 places it in the top tier of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +10.9%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 6.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (89th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (12th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
81.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth90.4
Livability59.7
Market access75
Economic scale100
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)
35.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability24
Labour stability17
Diversification2
Demographic stability100
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)
72
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density41
Airport access100
Market access75
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)
93
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary99
Lifelong learning78
Knowledge workers97
Scientists & engineers98
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)
59.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy89
Jobs53.5
Education85
Health76
Safety46.7
Connectivity56
Environment12
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
90.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+10.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+10.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+2.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.9%
CAGR
Employment rate
+6.2 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.9 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: Trade · transport · ICT · 47.8%Moderately concentrated · HHI 3368
Industry 12.7%Construction 1.9%Trade · transport · ICT 47.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 29.1%Public · health · education 8.5%
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)
€266,418M
2024 · EU pctl 100
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€121M
2024 · EU pctl 44
GVA — industry (B–E)
€33,956M
2024 · EU pctl 100
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€30,163M
2024 · EU pctl 100
GVA — construction (F)
€4,961M
2024 · EU pctl 99
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€127,354M
2024 · EU pctl 100
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€28,100
2023 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
154,300 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 100
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€182,300
2024 · EU pctl 100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€79,048M
2023 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€19,258M
2023 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€82,802M
2023 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€18,530M
2024 · EU pctl 100
GVA — information & communication (J)
€102,443M
2024 · EU pctl 100
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€77,488M
2024 · EU pctl 100
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€22,537M
2024 · EU pctl 99
Labour market
Employment, total persons
969,470
2024 · EU pctl 98
Self-employed persons
85,130
2024 · EU pctl 95
Employment in manufacturing (C)
56,080
2024 · EU pctl 90
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
79.0%
2025 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
12.5%
2025 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
136,809
2023 · EU pctl 97
Enterprise births
17,816
2023 · EU pctl 97
Enterprise deaths
29,902
2023 · EU pctl 100
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.3%
2023 · EU pctl 92
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.1%
2023 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
11.6%
2025 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
63.0%
2025 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
70.4%
2025 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
16.1%
2025 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
36.9%
2025 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
14.4%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
96.5%
2025 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
10,856,401
2024 · EU pctl 95
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
426 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 6 · 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.
4,823
CURRENT · EU pctl 96
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
310
CURRENT · EU pctl 41
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
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)
1,061,263
2025 · EU pctl 98
Population aged 65+
215,682
2025 · EU pctl 93
Population aged under 15
279,310
2025 · EU pctl 99
Median age of population
38.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 1
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
20.3%
2025 · EU pctl 1
Crude rate of total population change
23.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
19.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Crude birth rate
9.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Crude death rate
6.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Live births
15,065
2024 · EU pctl 98
Deaths
9,164
2024 · EU pctl 93
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
46.6%
2025 · EU pctl 3
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.24
2024 · EU pctl 25
Population density (persons per km²)
1,665 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 94
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
17.1%
2025 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
83.2 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
316 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
907 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
240 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
70.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
235 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,352 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
22 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
74 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 21
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 4
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
18 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 13
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 48
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.
20
2024 · EU pctl 88
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
48
2024 · EU pctl 18
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