Environment in Ireland

3,398 indicators covering environment for Ireland.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: MGCI — Value 2,517 km2 2021 down 1.3% 123rd
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Permanent snow 0 km2 2021 — 35th
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Shrub-covered 450.7 km2 2021 up 13.9% 59th
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Shrubs and/or 1,379 km2 2021 down 5.3% 14th
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Sparsely 222 km2 2021 down 0.8% 52nd
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Terrestrial 28.4 km2 2021 up 11.4% 69th
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Total; Land Cover: Tree-covered 330.8 km2 2021 down 6.9% 123rd
Oxirane (ethylene oxide) — Import quantity 77.56 t 2024 down 66.2% 25th
Oxirane (ethylene oxide) — Import value 1,478 1000 USD 2024 up 78.7% 19th
Total FAO — Wood pulp — Import Quantity 40,835 t 2018 up 42.3% 55th
Total FAO — Wood pulp — Import Value 44,100 1000 USD 2018 up 50.9% 51st
Urea — Agricultural Use 191,467 t 2024 up 74.7% 34th
15.2.1 Proportion of forest area with a long-term management plan 76.88 % 2025 up 7.6% 31st
Others (adjustment) — Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous 10,497 1000 USD 2018 down 30.5% 4th
Others (adjustment) — Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous 23,369 m3 2018 down 27.1% 18th
Others (adjustment) — Wood pulp — Import Quantity -748 t 2018 up 80.1% 93rd
Others (adjustment) — Wood pulp — Import Value -1,128 1000 USD 2018 up 59.8% 104th
Indonesia — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 2,837 1000 USD 2018 up 154.0% 76th
Other phosphatic fertilizers, n.e.c. — Export quantity 0.55 t 2022 down 92.3% 69th
Sweden — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity 60,602 t 2018 down 23.0% 29th
Sweden — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 49,014 1000 USD 2018 down 29.5% 32nd
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) — Paper and paperboard, excluding 25,925 t 2018 up 347.1% 12th
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) — Paper and paperboard, excluding 10,637 1000 USD 2018 down 2.4% 24th
Others (adjustment) — Industrial roundwood, coniferous -6,391 1000 USD 2018 down 95.6% 139th
China — Fibreboard — Import Quantity 4,247 m3 2018 up 24.6% 49th
China — Fibreboard — Import Value 3,211 1000 USD 2018 up 2.4% 45th
Other phosphatic fertilizers, n.e.c. — Export value 3.59 1000 USD 2022 down 51.9% 61st
Land Surface Temperature 12.41 2021 up 8.5% 176th
Austria — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 16,400 1000 USD 2018 up 88.9% 48th
Brazil — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 8,588 1000 USD 2018 down 42.5% 58th
Spain — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 50,519 1000 USD 2018 up 92.1% 17th
Protection of Biodiversity and Landscape (central government) 111.2 million USD 2023 down 69.1% 24th
Protection of Biodiversity and Landscape (central government) 126.05 million USD 2023 down 68.0% 23rd
Protection of Biodiversity and Landscape (central government) 116.58 million SLC 2023 down 60.7% 60th
Semi-chemical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Production 0 t 2016 — 39th
Wood pellets — Export quantity 5,864 t 2024 up 95.5% 46th
Wood pellets — Export value 2,154 1000 USD 2024 up 31.8% 43rd
Wood briquettes and other agglomerates — Export quantity 25,447 t 2024 up 158,944.0% 19th
Wood briquettes and other agglomerates — Export value 15,045 1000 USD 2024 up 107,364.0% 14th
Water accounts - assets — Evaporation and actual evapotranspiration 38.18 Cubic metres 2024 unchanged 27th
Diammonium phosphate (DAP) — Export value 392.42 1000 USD 2024 up 51.4% 48th
Diammonium phosphate (DAP) — Export quantity 540.74 t 2024 up 5.9% 48th
Potassium sulphate (sulphate of potash) (SOP) — Export quantity 49.49 t 2024 up 125.8% 56th
Potassium sulphate (sulphate of potash) (SOP) — Export value 217.82 1000 USD 2024 up 87.1% 45th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.25 % 2022 down 6.7% 73rd
Soil working equipment (trade) — Export Value 50,936 1000 USD 2008 up 471.1% 25th
Monoammonium phosphate (MAP) — Export value 177.48 1000 USD 2023 — 58th
Monoammonium phosphate (MAP) — Export quantity 20 t 2023 — 73rd
Indonesia — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import 2,099 t 2018 up 9,440.9% 79th
Indonesia — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 2,279 1000 USD 2018 up 2,613.1% 78th
PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim 0.0% 2017 — 92nd
PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim 0.0% 2017 — 123rd
PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim 0.0% 2017 — 166th
Greenhouse gas emissions - Regions — GHG emissions from waste 677,228 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent 2023 down 21.8% 41st
Water accounts - assets — Inflows from other territories 3.53 Cubic metres 2024 unchanged 22nd
PK compounds — Export quantity 3,764 t 2024 up 4,016.8% 16th
PK compounds — Export value 2,379 1000 USD 2024 up 3,519.5% 18th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.01 % 2022 up 16.1% 71st
Oriented strand board (OSB) — Production 296,475 m3 2024 up 6.5% 21st
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.57 % 2022 down 17.4% 70th