NUTS-3 IE063 · Ireland
Midland
Midland generates €13bn of GDP across 331.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 70.1/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +10.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 6.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (85th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (51.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run riser31 → 56 EU percentile since 1995 (+25 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 outlook96
Talent & skills93
Governance90
Growth momentum89
Digital readiness71
Industrial base69
Quality of life68
Labour market65
Economic base54
Resilience48
Freight intensity47
Connectivity36
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)
70.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth89.4
Livability68
Market access52
Economic scale71
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)
47.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability9
Labour stability17
Diversification68
Demographic stability97
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)
36
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density32
Airport access24
Market access52
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)
68
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy66
Jobs53.5
Education85
Health76
Safety62.7
Connectivity51.5
Environment81
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
89.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+10.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+9.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+2.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.4%
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: Public · health · education · 27.8%Diversified · HHI 2148
Agriculture 4.8%Industry 26%Construction 5.6%Trade · transport · ICT 19.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 16.5%Public · health · education 27.8%
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)
€13,277M2024
6.3% 1y 10.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 71
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€12,577M2025
12.4% 1y 7.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 73
Population
331,8692025
0.1% 1y 1.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 63
Unemployment rate
4.9%2025
48.5% 1y 2.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
Employment
141,2202024
1.1% 1y 3.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
Productivity / employee
€104,5962025
11.3% 1y 8.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 86
Gross value added
€12,642M2024
6.4% 1y 10.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 72
All indicators · 88 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€12,642M
2024 · EU pctl 72
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€609M
2024 · EU pctl 91
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,286M
2024 · EU pctl 76
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,796M
2024 · EU pctl 77
GVA — construction (F)
€709M
2024 · EU pctl 68
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,439M
2024 · EU pctl 70
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)
34,000 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 54
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,200
2024 · EU pctl 65
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)
€571M
2024 · EU pctl 35
GVA — information & communication (J)
€352M
2024 · EU pctl 68
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,082M
2024 · EU pctl 62
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,518M
2024 · EU pctl 79
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€12,577M
2025 · EU pctl 73
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€104,596
2025 · EU pctl 86
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,401M
2025 · EU pctl 74
Labour market
Employment, total persons
141,220
2024 · EU pctl 60
Self-employed persons
21,310
2024 · EU pctl 59
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,380
2024 · EU pctl 45
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)
179,900
2025 · EU pctl 67
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
19,204
2023 · EU pctl 59
Enterprise births
2,206
2023 · EU pctl 66
Enterprise deaths
2,413
2023 · EU pctl 73
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.8%
2023 · EU pctl 62
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)
1,745,549
2024 · EU pctl 66
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.
654
CURRENT · EU pctl 41
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
9,114 kt
2025 · EU pctl 60
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
197
CURRENT · EU pctl 32
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.
82
CURRENT · EU pctl 76
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)
217,851
2025 · EU pctl 65
Population aged 65+
51,331
2025 · EU pctl 43
Population aged under 15
62,687
2025 · EU pctl 73
Median age of population
39.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 4
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
23.6%
2025 · EU pctl 2
Crude rate of total population change
1.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-2.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 4
Crude birth rate
10.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Crude death rate
6.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Live births
3,338
2024 · EU pctl 73
Deaths
2,075
2024 · EU pctl 34
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.3%
2025 · EU pctl 11
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.62
2024 · EU pctl 90
Population density (persons per km²)
51 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 17
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
430,541
2100 · EU pctl 77
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
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
10.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 26
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
208 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,022 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 63
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)
70 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 20
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 0
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
19 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 13
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 46
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.
8
2024 · EU pctl 19
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
47
2024 · EU pctl 17
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
92.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 86
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.5%
2021 · EU pctl 45
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