Ireland – Network Readiness Index

Performance Overview

GDP (PPP) per capita

IS03

IRL

Country

Ireland

Score

73.29

Rank

19

Technology

75.43

People

57.76

Governance

81.88

Impact

78.1

1. Mobile tariffs	97.63	4
2. Cost of cheapest internet-enable device (% of monthly GDP per capita)	90.84	3
3. Households with internet acccess	88.36	19
4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population)	90	66
5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of totaal subscriptions)	87.4	38
6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user	70.68	44
7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose	n/a	n/a

1. Digital participation	n/a	n/a
2. Mobile apps development	95.04	4
3. Receipts for the use of intellectual property	29.39	5

1. Availability of latest technologies	73.58	32
2. Company investment in emerging technology	68.03	18
3. Government procurement of advanced technology products	43.45	54
4. ICT PCT patent applications per million population	66.92	11
5. Total computer software spending (% of GDP)	72.73	2
6. Robot density	12.16	32

1. Medium and high-tech industry	69.46	7
2. High-tech exports	46.77	10
3. PCT patent applications	27.03	18
4. Labour productivity per employee	89.06	3

1. Happiness	81.34	17
2. Freedom to make life choices	77.08	46
3. Income inequality	82.11	24
4. Healthy life expectancy at birth	84.98	19

1. Access to basic services	92.51	66
2. Pollution	97.15	11
3. Road safety	95.62	8
4. Reading proficiency in schools	98.46	9
5. Maths proficiency in schools	85.39	9
5. Use of clean fuels and technology	100	1

1. Internet users	83.16	28
2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions	40.06	26
3. Use of virtual social networks	65.7	35
5. Tertiary enrolment	56.68	22
5. Adult literacy rate	n/a	n/a
6. ICT skills	54.49	32

1. Firms with website	78.21	17
2. Internet shopping	76.29	13
3. Professionals	60.87	14
4. Technicians and associate professionals	49.37	42
5. Extent of staff training	74.04	15
6. R&D expenditure by businesses	18.72	27

1. Government online services	80.77	39
2. Publication and use of open data	47.44	26
3.ICT use and government efficiency	59.51	33
4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education	27.06	59

1. Rule of law	86.73	18
2. Software piracy rate	81.08	19
3. Secure Internet servers	95.16	4
4. Cybersecurity	83.88	40
5. Online trust and safety	64.99	48

1. Regulatory quality	86.55	15
2. Ease of doing business	87.28	23
3. Legal framework's adaptability to digital business models	56.89	35
4. E-commerce legislation	100	1
5. Social safety net protection	73.64	23
6. ICT regulatory environment	99.62	2

1. E-Participation	92.36	22
2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments	90.83	24
3. Availability of local online content	67.03	35
4. Gender gap in internet use	71.73	5
5. Rural gap in use of digital payments	74.48	36