Health in Ireland

1,281 indicators covering health for Ireland.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 32 2022 up 100.0% 57th
Completeness of death registration with cause-of-death information 100.0% 2015 unchanged 1st
Congenital syphilis rate per 100 000 live births, reported 0 2023 54th
Nursing personnel 89.5% 2024 down 1.6% 26th
Health worker distribution, by sex and type of occupation 89.5% 2024 down 1.6% 27th
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 32 2022 unchanged 58th
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 32 2022 56th
Intensive care unit (ICU) beds and use — Paediatric intensive care 0.57 Per 100 000 inhabitants 2025 down 1.7% 15th
Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the) 97.9% 2016 23rd
Hospital discharges and length of stay for inpatient and curative 656,131 2019 up 10.9% 22nd
Hpv vaccination coverage in 15 year olds 74 2024 down 14.9% 37th
Sales of beer in 1000s hectolitres 4.78 2009 down 15.8% 120th
Confirmed cases of MDR-TB 5 2012 up 66.7% 102nd
Self-perceived health by sex, age and educational attainment level 60.6 2025 down 7.8% 13th
People having a long-standing illness or health problem, by sex, age 16.6 2025 up 45.6% 11th
Children with a birth weight 97.78 2019 up 0.4% 33rd
Healthy life years by sex 83.1 2024 up 2.1% 7th
New cases: other 1 2012 31st
Health care expenditure by function 38,824 2025 up 101.5% 14th
Health care expenditure by financing scheme 38,824 2025 up 101.5% 14th
Expenditure for selected health care functions by health care 38,824 2025 up 101.5% 14th
Health care expenditure by provider 38,824 2025 up 101.5% 14th
Expenditure for selected health care providers by health care 38,824 2025 up 101.5% 13th
Expenditure for selected health care functions by health care 38,824 2025 up 101.5% 14th
Persons having a longstanding health problem by level of disability 16.8 2025 up 42.4% 11th
Self-perceived health by level of disability (activity limitation) 91.6 2025 down 3.6% 20th
Healthy life expectancy based on self-perceived health 79 2024 up 1.2% 4th
1.1.1 Children living in households in extreme poverty 0.2231 2022 39th
Infant mortality by age and sex 73 2016 up 1.4% 17th
Health impacts of air pollution 3,613 2023 down 62.9% 29th
Technical resources in hospital 393 2025 up 60.4% 17th
Revenues of health care financing schemes 38,824 2025 up 101.5% 11th
Revenues of health care financing schemes by health care financing 38,824 2025 up 101.5% 11th
Deaths related to infectious diseases 280 2023 up 80.6% 23rd
Causes of death - infant mortality by country of occurrence 180 2023 down 26.5% 21st
Fetal, peri- and neonatal mortality rates by country of occurrence 2 2023 down 25.9% 32nd
Peri-neonatal mortality by age of mother, country of residence and 107 2023 down 43.7% 23rd
Proportion of bloodstream infection due to Escherichia coli resistant 10.8% 2023 down 10.1% 52nd
Reported cases of gonorrhea 6,440 2023 up 405.5% 10th
Reported cases of syphilis 864 2023 up 430.1% 15th
Causes of death - potential years of life lost by treatable and 2,703 2023 down 15.4% 21st
People having a long-standing illness or health problem, by sex, age 27.1 2025 up 102.2% 9th
Treatable and preventable mortality of residents by cause and sex 8,334 2023 up 6.7% 25th
Antimicrobial resistance or decreased susceptibiity (DS/R) to 46.9 2022 up 436.0% 2nd
Antimicrobial resistance or decreased susceptibiity (DS/R) to 294 2022 up 267.5% 13th
Proportion of bloodstream infection due to methicillin-resistant 9.6% 2023 down 41.0% 41st
Causes of death - infant mortality by country of residence 179 2023 down 27.2% 20th
Influenza vaccination rate elderly oecd 70.7 2021 up 25.6% 6th
Reported cases of chlamydia 12,656 2023 up 101.1% 13th
Excess mortality by month 3.4 2026 up 145.3% 8th
Breast cancer screening coverage in europe 70.3 2022 down 1.5% 7th
Consumption of antibiotics in the community and hospital sectors 23 2024 up 9.5% 8th
Total use of antibacterials expressed as DDD per 1000 inhabitants per 22.77 2023 up 3.8% 16th
Pattern of antibiotic consumption at national level 75.4 2023 up 16.7% 9th
Cancer screening rates in europe 73.1 2022 up 7.7% 4th
Cervical cancer screening coverage in europe 73.1 2022 up 7.7% 4th
Imports in 1000s hectolitres 2.17 2007 down 99.7% 122nd
Number of isolates tested for ceftriaxone 104 2020 up 18.2% 30th
Proportion of isolates with decreased susceptibility or resistance 0 2020 13th
Proportion of isolates with resistance to azithromycin reported to 1.9 2020 up 67.2% 36th