Climate Change in Ireland

1,361 indicators covering climate change for Ireland.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Electricity generation from low-carbon sources 14.9 terawatt-hours 2025 up 87.0% 64th
Electricity generation from low-carbon sources per person 2,807 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 65.6% 41st
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), annual -17.03 % change on previous year 2023 up 55.4% 127th
Wheat — Crop residues (Emissions N2O), annual growth rate -30.56 % change on previous year 2023 down 29.3% 122nd
Wheat — Crop residues (N content), annual growth rate -30.57 % change on previous year 2023 down 29.3% 127th
Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per capita 0 kt per person 2020 down 2.8% 31st
Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per square 0.0006 kt per square kilometre 2020 up 7.4% 63rd
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production, per capita 0.028 t per person 2023 up 48.8% 34th
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production, per square kilometre 2.16 t per square kilometre 2023 up 70.9% 43rd
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4), annual growth rate -17.08 % change on previous year 2023 up 55.3% 122nd
Carbon emission intensity vs. GDP per capita 0.0508 2024 down 57.1% 178th
Wheat — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O), annual growth rate -30.53 % change on previous year 2023 down 29.3% 122nd
Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Production, per capita 0.0112 t per person 2017 up 45.7% 54th
Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Production, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2017 up 24.0% 151st
Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Production, per square kilometre 0.7846 t per square kilometre 2017 up 59.9% 67th
Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2020 down 45.4% 150th
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2023 down 26.8% 139th
Cropland organic soils — Area 25,357 ha 2024 down 9.0% 46th
Cropland organic soils — Emissions 0.4889 kt 2024 down 9.8% 38th
Cropland organic soils — Emissions 693.29 kt 2024 down 9.8% 49th
Grassland organic soils — Area 502,050 ha 2024 down 0.9% 5th
Grassland organic soils — Emissions 7.04 kt 2024 down 1.0% 5th
Grassland organic soils — Emissions 10,107 kt 2024 down 1.0% 6th
Drained organic soils — Area 527,407 ha 2024 down 1.3% 12th
Drained organic soils — Emissions 7.53 kt 2024 down 1.6% 12th
Drained organic soils — Emissions 10,800 kt 2024 down 1.6% 17th
Forest fires — Burning crop residues 0 t 2024 — 112th
Forest fires — Burned Area 0 ha 2024 — 112th
Forest fires — Emissions 0 kt 2024 — 112th
Forest fires — Emissions 0 kt 2024 — 112th
Other forest — Burning crop residues 0 t 2024 — 93rd
Other forest — Burned Area 0 ha 2024 — 93rd
Other forest — Emissions 0 kt 2024 — 93rd
Other forest — Emissions 0 kt 2024 — 93rd
Savanna fires — Burning crop residues 0 t 2024 — 141st
Savanna fires — Burned Area 0 ha 2024 — 141st
Savanna fires — Emissions 0 kt 2024 — 140th
Savanna fires — Emissions 0 kt 2024 — 137th
Grassland — Burning crop residues 0 t 2024 — 135th
Grassland — Burned Area 0 ha 2024 — 135th
Grassland — Emissions 0 kt 2024 — 134th
Grassland — Emissions 0 kt 2024 — 128th
Savanna — Burning crop residues 0 t 2024 — 119th
Savanna — Burned Area 0 ha 2024 — 119th
Savanna — Emissions 0 kt 2024 — 119th
Savanna — Emissions 0 kt 2024 — 111th
Woody savanna — Burning crop residues 0 t 2024 — 98th
Woody savanna — Burned Area 0 ha 2024 — 98th
Woody savanna — Emissions 0 kt 2024 — 98th
Woody savanna — Emissions 0 kt 2024 — 92nd
Savanna and woody savanna — Burning crop residues 0 t 2024 — 122nd
Savanna and woody savanna — Burned Area 0 ha 2024 — 122nd
Humid tropical forest — Burning crop residues 0 t 2024 — 72nd
Humid tropical forest — Burned Area 0 ha 2024 — 72nd
Humid tropical forest — Emissions 0 kt 2024 — 72nd
Humid tropical forest — Emissions 0 kt 2024 — 72nd
Closed shrubland — Burning crop residues 0 t 2024 — 34th
Closed shrubland — Burned Area 0 ha 2024 — 34th
Closed shrubland — Emissions 0 kt 2024 — 34th
Closed shrubland — Emissions 0 kt 2024 — 34th