NUTS-3 IE062 · Ireland
Mid-East
Mid-East generates €42bn of GDP across 787.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 77.2/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +7.5%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 6.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (85th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (34th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run riser68 → 81 EU percentile since 1995 (+13 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)
Demographic outlook97
Industrial base94
Talent & skills93
Governance90
Growth momentum87
Economic base85
Digital readiness71
Labour market65
Quality of life63
Connectivity57
Freight intensity43
Resilience34
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)
77.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth87
Livability62.8
Market access66
Economic scale93
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)
34.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability1
Labour stability17
Diversification24
Demographic stability95
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)
57.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density35
Airport access71
Market access66
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)
62.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy81.5
Jobs53.5
Education85
Health76
Safety56.7
Connectivity53
Environment34
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
87
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+11.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-3.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.1%
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: Industry · 36.8%Diversified · HHI 2438
Agriculture 2.1%Industry 36.8%Construction 5.8%Trade · transport · ICT 19%Finance · real estate · prof. 21.6%Public · health · education 14.7%
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)
€42,463M2024
22.8% 1y 7.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 93
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€40,223M2025
12.4% 1y 6.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 94
Population
787,2872025
0.6% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 91
Unemployment rate
4.9%2025
25.6% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
Employment
324,0302024
2.1% 1y 3.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 88
Productivity / employee
€145,8002025
11.3% 1y 5.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 96
Gross value added
€40,432M2024
22.9% 1y 7.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 94
All indicators · 88 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€40,432M
2024 · EU pctl 94
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€844M
2024 · EU pctl 95
GVA — industry (B–E)
€14,896M
2024 · EU pctl 98
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€14,361M
2024 · EU pctl 99
GVA — construction (F)
€2,336M
2024 · EU pctl 95
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€7,682M
2024 · EU pctl 91
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)
45,800 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 85
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€54,100
2024 · EU pctl 87
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)
€2,587M
2024 · EU pctl 80
GVA — information & communication (J)
€2,155M
2024 · EU pctl 89
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€8,716M
2024 · EU pctl 92
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,958M
2024 · EU pctl 89
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€40,223M
2025 · EU pctl 94
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€145,800
2025 · EU pctl 96
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€10,878M
2025 · EU pctl 95
Labour market
Employment, total persons
324,030
2024 · EU pctl 88
Self-employed persons
47,870
2024 · EU pctl 86
Employment in manufacturing (C)
37,800
2024 · EU pctl 79
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)
427,000
2025 · EU pctl 92
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
53,611
2023 · EU pctl 87
Enterprise births
6,590
2023 · EU pctl 90
Enterprise deaths
7,418
2023 · EU pctl 93
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.3%
2023 · EU pctl 73
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)
2,547,284
2024 · EU pctl 74
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.
1,891
CURRENT · EU pctl 78
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
20,168 kt
2025 · EU pctl 87
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
240
CURRENT · EU pctl 35
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.
35
CURRENT · EU pctl 29
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)
517,246
2025 · EU pctl 91
Population aged 65+
112,725
2025 · EU pctl 78
Population aged under 15
157,316
2025 · EU pctl 95
Median age of population
39.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 3
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
21.8%
2025 · EU pctl 1
Crude rate of total population change
6.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 19
Crude birth rate
10.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Crude death rate
5.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Live births
8,499
2024 · EU pctl 94
Deaths
4,382
2024 · EU pctl 69
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.2%
2025 · EU pctl 11
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.80
2024 · EU pctl 98
Population density (persons per km²)
115 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 46
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
970,272
2100 · EU pctl 94
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
0.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
18.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
193 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,175 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 70
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)
79 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 23
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 4
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
23 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 16
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 29
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.
15
2024 · EU pctl 66
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 62
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
151 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 93
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
4.2%
2021 · EU pctl 62
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