Ireland
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Key Indicators
| Income Group | High income |
| Regional Group | Europe |
| Population (Total) | 4,941,444 |
| Population as a share world total | 0.06% |
| GDP (current US$, millions) | 389,000 |
| GDP as a share of world total | 0.44% |
| GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) | 88,240 |
Performance Overview
IS03
IRL
Country
Ireland
Score
72.13
Rank
19
Technology
72.10
People
59.17
Governance
80.71
Impact
76.54
| 1. Mobile tariffs | 97.63 | 4 |
| 2. Handset prices | 90.84 | 3 |
| 3. Households with internet acccess | 89.06 | 19 |
| 4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population) | 90.00 | 67 |
| 5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of total subscriptions) | 87.40 | 39 |
| 6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user | 70.71 | 45 |
| 7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose | n/a | n/a |
| 1. GitHub commits | 60.58 | 14 |
| 2. Wikipedia edits | 77.98 | 28 |
| 3. Internet domain registrations* | - | - |
| 4. Mobile apps development | 95.51 | 4 |
| 1. Availability of latest technologies | 71.34 | 26 |
| 2. Company investment in emerging technology | 70.53 | 18 |
| 3. ICT PCT patent applications per million population | 68.82 | 12 |
| 4. Total computer software spending (% of GDP) | 71.61 | 2 |
| 5. Robot density | 12.16 | 32 |
| 1. Medium and high-tech industry | 69.46 | 7 |
| 2. High-tech exports | 46.77 | 13 |
| 3. PCT patent applications | 26.10 | 19 |
| 4. Labour productivity per employee | 99.90 | 2 |
| 5. Prevalence of gig economy | 64.67 | 30 |
| 1. Happiness | 89.67 | 9 |
| 2. Freedom to make life choices | 87.96 | 33 |
| 3. Income inequality | 77.84 | 33 |
| 4. Healthy life expectancy at birth | 86.29 | 19 |
| 1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being | 78.69 | 39 |
| 2. SDG 4: Quality Education | 65.54 | 19 |
| 3. SDG 5: Gender Equality | 76.91 | 55 |
| 4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy | 96.97 | 3 |
| 5. SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities | 95.92 | 6 |
| 1. Internet users | 84.40 | 28 |
| 2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions | 40.55 | 26 |
| 3. Use of virtual social networks | 64.95 | 40 |
| 5. Tertiary enrolment | 56.68 | 22 |
| 5. Adult literacy rate | n/a | n/a |
| 6. ICT skills | 75.12 | 25 |
| 1. Firms with website | 80.32 | 21 |
| 2. Ease of doing business | 87.28 | 23 |
| 3. Professionals | 58.49 | 13 |
| 4. Technicians and associate professionals | 48.87 | 41 |
| 5. Business use of digital tools | 72.69 | 42 |
| 6. R&D expenditure by businesses | 18.78 | 28 |
| 1. Government online services | 76.37 | 46 |
| 2. Publication and use of open data | 47.44 | 26 |
| 3. Government promotion of investment in emerging technologies | 57.98 | 26 |
| 4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education | 26.66 | 62 |
| 1. Secure Internet servers | 91.48 | 6 |
| 2. Cybersecurity | 84.07 | 40 |
| 3. Online access to financial account | 50.93 | 32 |
| 4. Internet shopping | 76.29 | 13 |
| 1. Regulatory quality | 86.55 | 15 |
| 2. ICT regulatory environment | 99.62 | 2 |
| 3. Legal framework's adaptability to emerging technologies | 60.15 | 32 |
| 4. E-commerce legislation | 100.00 | 1 |
| 5. Privacy protection by law content | n/a | n/a |
| 1. E-Participation | 85.18 | 29 |
| 2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments | 90.83 | 24 |
| 3. Availability of local online content | 77.00 | 37 |
| 4. Gender gap in internet use | 71.73 | 6 |
| 5. Rural gap in use of digital payments | 74.48 | 37 |