Ireland's hdi rose from 0.8 in 1994 to 0.9 in 2023.
Ireland · Quality of life
Human development, happiness, safety, access and environment.
14 indicators · 14 with data
Ireland's life satisfaction fell from 7.3 in 2011 to 6.9 in 2025.
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs23rd of 217
- Healthy life expectancy at birthdown −0.1 yrs17th of 185
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- Gini indexdown −3.0 %12th of 57
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- Air pollution (PM2.5)down −7.3 %29th of 200
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- Homicide ratedown −24.0 %11th of 83
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- Safe drinking waterup +0.5 pts49th of 148
- Access to electricity (% of population)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 215
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- Internet usersup +0.3 pts16th of 182
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- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs7th of 195
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- Unemploymentup +0.3 pts81st of 185
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- Housing cost overburden rateup +0.8 pts9th of 30
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- Women in parliamentunchanged +0.0 pts97th of 184