EU member state. Compliance scores reflect the regulatory advantages of EU single market membership and are not directly comparable to non-EU sourcing countries.
Europe
Ireland
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness · Intra-EU Risk
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
Ireland on the world stage
Total imports
$144.6bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$242.2bn
236 partners
#1 import source
USA
16.8%
#1 export dest.
USA
32.5%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Intra-EU trade: Ireland
EU imports from
€106.1bn
intra-EU flow
EU exports to
€50.8bn
intra-EU flow
Intra-EU rank
#16
by import value
EU trade balance
one-sided
coverage 0.48
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT.
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
252
EUR/MWh
Consumer
282
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
280
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
46%
of generation
Wholesale 90 EUR/MWh · market market
Power market
● Import dependenceMarket model
Liberalised wholesale market (SEMo / I-SEM)
Direct PPA
Allowed
grid access: open
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Independent
CRU (Commission for Regulation of Utilities)
Island grid with no nuclear, 46% gas dependence (largely imported via UK interconnectors from the North Sea), and rapid wind growth (36%) creating system stability challenges. Data centre load growth is straining an…
Tracked infrastructure
21 gas plants
4.4 GW
3 coal plants
915 MW
125 wind farms
3.9 GW · 9 building
9 solar farms
915 MW · 4 building
2 hydro plants
377 MW
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
6
3 production-backed
Acid-drainage prone
5
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Zinc, Copper, Silver
Mine-water verifiability
Full reported-vs-real
EPA WFD ambient (CC-BY, API) + public per-facility Annual…
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Intra-EU sourcing risk
EU · 1 = lowest riskMonitored ports (2)
Source: IMF PortWatch. Port count reflects monitoring coverage, not economic significance.
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
38.7
→ 42.9 by 2050
Fertility
1.6
below replacement
Working-age
65.6%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
24.2
→ 44.9 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 5.26M · peaks 2053
By 2050: +13% (5.97M)