Gender in Ireland 248 indicators covering gender for Ireland. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Child population (UN estimates and projections) 899.27 2030 down 10.2% 128th Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -0.9809 % change on previous year 2030 down 80.3% 119th Population 4,626 2030 up 16.2% 119th Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 4,626 2030 up 16.2% 119th Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 1.02 % change on previous year 2030 down 26.9% 110th Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 26,039 2025 down 16.5% 130th Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 27,455 2025 down 16.0% 130th Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 26,494 2025 down 17.2% 128th Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 27,919 2025 down 17.0% 128th Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 26,943 2025 down 18.0% 128th Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 28,390 2025 down 17.5% 128th Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 28,907 2025 down 15.3% 128th Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 30,454 2025 down 14.7% 127th Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 29,746 2025 down 13.9% 125th Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 31,300 2025 down 11.9% 124th Age population, age 05, female, interpolated 29,651 2025 down 16.5% 125th Age population, age 05, male, interpolated 31,057 2025 down 16.5% 126th Women's universal right to vote 1 2025 unchanged 1st Universal suffrage women lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Inactivity rate (ILO modelled estimates) 35.55 2027 down 6.7% 123rd Women's Political Empowerment Index 0.927 2025 up 2.9% 15th Women's Civil Liberties Index 0.942 2025 up 0.9% 8th Women's Civil Society Participation Index 0.888 2025 up 0.8% 18th Women's Political Participation Index 0.967 2025 up 6.4% 71st Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index 0.927 2025 up 2.9% 15th Key features of women's political empowerment 0.927 2025 up 2.9% 15th Key features of womens political empowerment, annual growth rate 0.6515 % change on previous year 2025 up 46.1% 44th Key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled 0.927 2025 up 2.9% 15th Gender of the head of government, gaps filled 0 2025 — 20th Prevalence of obesity, female 27.1% 2024 up 11.2% 89th Prevalence of obesity, male 28.8% 2024 up 8.6% 41st Life expectancy at age 60, female 26.36 years 2024 up 3.7% 31st Life expectancy at age 60, male 21.39 years 2024 down 5.1% 55th Share of women who are obese 27.1% 2024 up 11.2% 92nd Share of women who are overweight or obese 61.0% 2024 up 6.5% 77th Share of overweight men vs. women 68.5% 2024 down 1.6% 37th Share of women expected to survive to the age of 65 93.4% 2024 up 1.2% 28th Share of women who are married or in a union 0.4% 2022 down 31.4% 209th Population, per capita 0.9971 units per person 2024 down 0.3% 182nd Population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 49.5% 185th Population, annual growth rate 1.37 % change on previous year 2024 up 86.6% 75th Key features of womens political empowerment, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 56.9% 146th Women and men have the same rights to own property 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Married women are required by law to obey their husbands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Total calories from animal protein vs. mean male height 375.68 kilocalories per day per capita 2023 up 24.0% 3rd Women, Business and the Law Index 100 index (0–100) 2023 up 5.3% 1st Women can apply for a passport in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women can register a business on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women have the same rights to remarry as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women can open a bank account in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Equal access to financial services for women and men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), per capita 0.0002 units per person 2025 down 17.9% 132nd Women can open bank account same as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Women can register a business in the same way as men, annual growth 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Population, per square kilometre 77.04 units per square kilometre 2023 up 14.8% 100th Population (UN estimates and projections), per capita 0.0008 units per person 2025 up 0.7% 76th Labor force, female 1.37 million 2025 up 32.1% 105th Labor force, female, per capita 0.2489 units per person 2025 up 13.3% 35th Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index 1 index 2025 up 0.0% 112th Page 1 of 5 Next →