Ireland, year by year

Every index this site holds for Ireland, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

0.743 → 0.950 (+0.207)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth78.9 → 83 (+4.1)

Internet users55 → 97 (+42)

Urban population61 → 65 (+4)

Births per woman1.86 → 1.47 (-0.39)

Renewable share of energy2 → 13 (+10)

Access to electricity100 → 100 (0)

Infant mortality4 → 3 (-1)

CO2 emissions per person11.3 → 6 (-5.3)

Forest area10 → 12 (+2)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 2 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.743	74.8	—	—	2.11	2	100	8	9.2	6.7	—	—
1991	0.749	75.0	0	57	2.08	2	100	7	9.3	7.0	—	—
1992	0.757	75.4	0	57	1.99	2	100	7	9.2	7.2	—	—
1993	0.767	75.3	0	57	1.90	2	100	6	9.2	7.4	—	—
1994	0.779	75.8	1	58	1.85	2	100	6	9.5	7.7	—	—
1995	0.786	75.5	1	58	1.84	2	100	6	9.6	7.9	—	—
1996	0.795	75.8	2	58	1.88	2	100	6	9.9	8.2	—	—
1997	0.803	76.0	4	58	1.93	2	100	6	10.2	8.4	—	—
1998	0.837	76.2	8	59	1.94	2	100	6	10.7	8.7	—	—
1999	0.841	76.1	11	59	1.90	2	100	6	11.0	8.9	—	—
2000	0.851	76.5	18	59	1.89	2	100	6	11.5	9.2	—	—
2001	0.859	77.1	23	59	1.94	2	100	6	11.9	9.3	—	—
2002	0.868	77.6	26	60	1.97	2	100	6	11.4	9.4	—	—
2003	0.877	78.1	34	60	1.96	2	100	5	11.1	9.5	—	—
2004	0.888	78.5	37	60	1.93	2	100	5	11.1	9.7	—	—
2005	0.894	78.9	42	60	1.86	3	100	4	11.3	9.8	—	—
2006	0.898	79.2	55	61	1.91	3	100	4	11.2	9.9	54329	44223
2007	0.904	79.6	61	61	2.01	4	100	4	10.7	10.1	61396	46782
2008	0.905	80.1	65	61	2.06	4	100	4	10.3	10.2	61353	44169
2009	0.900	80.2	67	62	2.06	5	100	4	9.1	10.3	52133	41491
2010	0.908	80.7	70	62	2.05	5	100	4	9.0	10.5	48624	43163
2011	0.906	80.8	75	62	2.03	7	100	4	8.1	10.6	52614	45458
2012	0.907	80.8	77	62	1.98	7	100	3	8.2	10.7	49336	46654
2013	0.911	81.0	78	62	1.93	8	100	3	7.9	10.8	52538	48763
2014	0.918	81.3	83	63	1.89	9	100	3	7.8	10.9	57215	52582
2015	0.924	81.5	83	63	1.85	10	100	3	8.0	10.9	64250	71520
2016	0.929	81.7	84	63	1.81	9	100	3	8.3	11.1	64130	72941
2017	0.934	82.2	84	63	1.76	10	100	3	7.9	11.2	72161	80409
2018	0.938	82.2	87	63	1.74	11	100	3	7.8	11.2	80804	86369
2019	0.942	82.7	87	63	1.69	12	100	3	7.3	11.3	81828	92042
2020	0.945	82.5	92	63	1.60	14	100	3	6.8	11.3	86514	97677
2021	0.946	82.3	94	64	1.72	13	100	3	7.1	11.4	103783	116703
2022	0.950	82.5	95	64	1.51	—	100	3	6.8	11.5	105191	138465
2023	—	82.8	97	64	1.50	—	100	3	6.2	11.5	106819	133440
2024	—	83.0	97	64	1.47	—	100	3	6.0	—	112895	140779
2025	—	—	—	65	—	—	—	—	—	—	131592	155089
Profile shows	0.950	83.0	97	65	1.47	13	—	—	6.0	11.5	131592	155089

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users — World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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