Environment in Ireland

3,377 indicators covering environment for Ireland.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Herbicides — Agricultural Use 1,675 t 2024 down 30.0% 64th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Production 0 t 2024 58th
Rodenticides — Agricultural Use 0 t 2024 78th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, annual growth rate 59.6 % change on previous year 2024 up 226.3% 25th
Plant Growth Regulators — Agricultural Use 105 t 2024 down 57.7% 39th
Other Pesticides nes — Agricultural Use 19 t 2024 up 1,800.0% 74th
Forest land — Share in Land area 11.97 % 2024 up 10.2% 190th
Wood pulp — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 down 61.5% 83rd
Wood pulp — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 65.8% 94th
Other land — Area 1,576 1000 ha 2024 down 5.9% 122nd
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 0.28 g/Int$ 2024 down 42.9% 145th
Solid biofuels — Energy production 7,855 TJ 2024 down 11.0% 120th
Fuelwood — Energy production 7,824 TJ 2024 up 5.7% 115th
Chemical wood pulp — Export quantity 9 t 2024 123rd
Chemical wood pulp — Export value 12 1000 USD 2024 122nd
Asses — Stocks 7,482 An 2017 up 23.7% 78th
Asses — Amount excreted in manure 92,305 kg 2017 up 23.7% 86th
Asses — Manure left on pasture 88,613 kg 2017 up 23.7% 86th
Asses — Manure left on pasture that volatilises 17,723 kg 2017 up 23.7% 86th
Asses — Manure left on pasture that leaches 26,584 kg 2017 up 23.7% 86th
Asses — Manure management 3,692 kg 2017 up 23.7% 68th
Asses — Losses from manure treated 0 kg 2017 1st
Asses — Manure applied to soils 3,692 kg 2017 up 23.7% 68th
Asses — Manure applied to soils that volatilises 738.44 kg 2017 up 23.7% 68th
Asses — Manure applied to soils that leaches 1,108 kg 2017 up 23.7% 68th
Veneer sheets — Production 0 m3 2024 134th
Recovered paper — Export value 81,912 1000 USD 2024 up 1.4% 20th
Recovered paper — Export quantity 444,478 t 2024 up 10.6% 21st
Total Bioenergy — Energy production 14,054 TJ 2024 up 17.7% 116th
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Import quantity 189 t 2024 down 16.4% 78th
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Import value 1,153 1000 USD 2024 down 34.6% 52nd
Solid biofuels — Energy consumption 5,915 TJ 2024 down 28.0% 122nd
Municipal water withdrawal 1.25 billion cubic meters 2023 up 94.6% 47th
Fuelwood — Energy consumption 5,884 TJ 2024 down 13.4% 115th
Total Bioenergy — Energy consumption 18,702 TJ 2024 up 40.4% 105th
Asses — Livestock units per agricultural land area 0 LSU/ha 2017 42nd
Asses — Share in total livestock 0.05 %LSU 2017 up 25.0% 100th
Asses — Stocks 3,741 LSU 2017 up 23.7% 76th
Household and sanitary papers — Import quantity 17,333 t 2024 up 104.5% 58th
Household and sanitary papers — Import value 34,214 1000 USD 2024 up 29.0% 46th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Agriculture 0.1487 Mt CO2e 2024 up 9.7% 61st
Pulp for paper — Import value, per square kilometre 0.1355 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 117.9% 52nd
Pulp for paper — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.0964 t per square kilometre 2023 up 12.7% 64th
Chemical wood pulp — Import value, per square kilometre 0.1233 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 354.1% 56th
Chemical wood pulp — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.0941 t per square kilometre 2023 up 513.9% 66th
Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution 7.51 micrograms per cubic meter 2023 down 17.7% 172nd
Heating Degree Days, annual growth rate 7.28 % change on previous year 2024 up 218.8% 20th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Export quantity 8 t 2024 111th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Export value 9 1000 USD 2024 111th
Wood fuel — Import quantity 78,565 m3 2024 up 798.5% 19th
Wood fuel — Import value 11,402 1000 USD 2024 up 87.2% 17th
Land use hidden — Naturally regenerating forest 1,078 Square kilometres 2023 up 19.2% 133rd
Wood pulp — Import value, per square kilometre 0.6997 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 12.9% 31st
Wood pulp — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.5531 t per square kilometre 2023 down 24.4% 41st
Land use hidden — Forest 7,940 Square kilometres 2023 up 7.2% 113th
Land use hidden — Planted Forest 6,862 Square kilometres 2023 up 5.5% 39th
Wood residues — Import quantity 11,959 m3 2024 down 72.6% 37th
Wood residues — Import value 1,019 1000 USD 2024 down 78.7% 37th
Industrial roundwood — Production, per capita 0.6772 m3 per person 2024 up 20.3% 29th
Annual freshwater withdrawals 1.67 billion billion cubic meters 2022 up 70.7% 93rd