NUTS-3 IE061 · Ireland
Dublin
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).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader91 → 100 EU percentile since 1995 (+9 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Economic base100
Demographic outlook94
Talent & skills93
Growth momentum90
Governance90
Connectivity72
Digital readiness71
Labour market65
Quality of life60
Freight intensity49
Resilience36
Industrial base25
Cost advantage22
Energy cost1
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€279,800M2024
11.6% 1y 10.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 100
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€265,045M2025
12.4% 1y 8.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 100
Population
1,556,2552025
2.4% 1y 1.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 98
Unemployment rate
4.9%2025
0.0% 1y 4.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
Employment
969,4702024
3.4% 1y 3.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 98
Productivity / employee
€321,1032025
11.3% 1y 8.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 100
Gross value added
€266,418M2024
11.7% 1y 11.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 100
All indicators · 88 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€265,045M
2025 · EU pctl 100
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€321,103
2025 · EU pctl 100
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€71,681M
2025 · EU pctl 100
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.9%
2025 · EU pctl 60
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
876,100
2025 · EU pctl 98
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.6%
2023 · EU pctl 73 · 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
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
43,654 kt
2025 · EU pctl 98
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4,819
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
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
34 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
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 97
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
1,860,816
2100 · EU pctl 98
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
319 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 26 · 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
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.71
2022 · EU pctl 53
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.77
2022 · EU pctl 97
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.50
2022 · EU pctl 53
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.65
2022 · EU pctl 56
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.81
2022 · EU pctl 89
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.212/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 99
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.057/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 89
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
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
146 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 93
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
3.1%
2021 · EU pctl 51
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