Environment in Ireland

3,398 indicators covering environment for Ireland.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Printing and writing papers, uncoated, woodfree — Export value 9,812 1000 USD 2024 down 36.9% 44th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, unbleached — Export quantity 0 t 2024 62nd
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, unbleached — Export value 1 1000 USD 2024 62nd
Total fibre furnish — Production, per square kilometre 6.02 t per square kilometre 2023 up 6.6% 29th
Case materials — Export quantity 8,570 t 2024 down 15.2% 70th
Case materials — Export value 6,201 1000 USD 2024 down 25.0% 67th
Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services 96 % 2024 up 10.3% 40th
Cartonboard — Export quantity 2,529 t 2024 down 24.1% 71st
Cartonboard — Export value 4,712 1000 USD 2024 down 67.8% 68th
Sawlogs and veneer logs, coniferous — Production, per capita 0.4674 m3 per person 2024 up 42.1% 18th
Sawlogs and veneer logs, coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 28.0% 47th
Printing and writing papers, coated — Export quantity 2,989 t 2024 down 70.7% 44th
Printing and writing papers, coated — Export value 4,782 1000 USD 2024 down 64.8% 42nd
Printing and writing papers, uncoated, mechanical — Export quantity 117 t 2024 up 85.7% 64th
Printing and writing papers, uncoated, mechanical — Export value 175 1000 USD 2024 down 88.8% 64th
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural 100.0% 2023 unchanged 1st
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban 100.0% 2023 unchanged 1st
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking 100.0% 2023 unchanged 1st
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding -0.0651 Mt CO2e 2023 down 1,185.0% 71st
Turkeys — Stocks 695,000 An 2020 down 45.4% 33rd
Turkeys — Amount excreted in manure 1.28 million kg 2020 down 45.4% 33rd
Turkeys — Manure left on pasture 25,530 kg 2020 down 45.4% 49th
Turkeys — Manure left on pasture that volatilises 5,106 kg 2020 down 45.4% 49th
Turkeys — Manure left on pasture that leaches 7,659 kg 2020 down 45.4% 49th
Turkeys — Manure management 1.25 million kg 2020 down 45.4% 29th
Turkeys — Losses from manure treated 3,191 kg 2020 down 45.4% 15th
Turkeys — Manure applied to soils 1.25 million kg 2020 down 45.4% 29th
Turkeys — Manure applied to soils that volatilises 249,554 kg 2020 down 45.4% 29th
Turkeys — Manure applied to soils that leaches 374,331 kg 2020 down 45.4% 29th
Other nitrogenous fertilizers, n.e.c. — Import quantity 66,340 t 2024 down 16.7% 28th
Other nitrogenous fertilizers, n.e.c. — Import value 26,287 1000 USD 2024 down 10.8% 27th
Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Production, per square kilometre 51.31 m3 per square kilometre 2023 up 38.8% 18th
Share of land covered by forest 12.1% 2025 up 10.4% 157th
6.4.1 Water Use Efficiency (Industries) — Value 238.29 USD/m3 2023 up 50.7% 33rd
6.4.1 Water Use Efficiency (Services (G to T)) — Value 240.78 USD/m3 2023 up 0.2% 29th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, unbleached — Production 0 t 2024 34th
6.4.2 Level of water stress (No breakdown) — Value 9.42 % 2023 up 78.1% 83rd
Fertilizers n.e.c. — Import quantity 6,642 t 2024 up 6.0% 75th
Fertilizers n.e.c. — Import value 5,726 1000 USD 2024 up 46.5% 78th
Particle board — Production 0 m3 2024 90th
NPK fertilizers — Import quantity 228,104 t 2024 down 17.9% 18th
NPK fertilizers — Import value 91,065 1000 USD 2024 down 21.5% 27th
Land use 441,000 hectares 2023 down 7.2% 136th
Dissolving wood pulp — Export quantity 234 t 2024 29th
Dissolving wood pulp — Export value 367 1000 USD 2024 27th
6.4.2 Level of water stress (Agriculture (ISIC4 A01 A0210 A0322)) 0.22 % 2023 down 35.3% 144th
6.4.2 Level of water stress (Services (G to T)) — Value 6.03 % 2023 up 78.9% 46th
Recovered paper — Production, per capita 0.0768 t per person 2024 down 10.9% 20th
6.4.2 Level of water stress (Industries) — Value 3.15 % 2023 up 99.4% 47th
Urea — Import value 125,239 1000 USD 2024 up 194.8% 30th
Urea — Import quantity 319,654 t 2024 up 188.7% 29th
Paper and paperboard — Production, per square kilometre 0.871 t per square kilometre 2023 unchanged 62nd
Hardboard — Export quantity 26,807 m3 2024 26th
Hardboard — Export value 31,576 1000 USD 2024 17th
Other paper and paperboard — Production, per square kilometre 0.871 t per square kilometre 2023 unchanged 58th
Recovered fibre pulp (export/import) — Import quantity 1,575 t 2024 33rd
Recovered fibre pulp (export/import) — Import value 1,051 1000 USD 2024 34th
Recovered paper — Production, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 54.9% 75th
Oriented strand board (OSB) — Import quantity 15,735 m3 2024 up 192.0% 55th
Oriented strand board (OSB) — Import value 4,544 1000 USD 2024 up 138.4% 55th