Science & Technology in Ireland 123 indicators covering science & technology for Ireland. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Researchers (in full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants 5,753 2023 up 11.9% 15th Research & development spending as a share of GDP 1.6% 2023 up 3.4% 25th Medical technology availability 20.77 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants 2025 up 17.7% 24th High-tech patent applications to the EPO by priority year and NUTS 3 61.91 Number 2012 down 5.9% 16th Proportion of adults (15 years and older) with an account at a 98.3% 2024 up 3.8% 16th Individuals who accessed the internet away from home or work 84.5% 2019 up 65.3% 12th R&D personnel by sector of performance - Regions — Researchers 20,334 Persons 2023 up 47.9% 22nd Number of R&D researchers per million people 5,753 per million people 2023 up 11.9% 15th Researchers (HC) - % Female 40.3% 2023 up 14.3% 52nd GERD by sector of performance and fields of R&D 7,756 Million euro 2024 up 161.4% 26th GERD by sector of performance and type of R&D 7,756 Million euro 2024 up 161.4% 26th Electricity production capacities for combustible fuels by technology 945.6 Megawatt 2024 down 60.6% 30th R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex 45,254 Full-time equivalent (FTE) 2024 up 35.1% 28th R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D 45,254 Full-time equivalent (FTE) 2024 up 35.1% 28th Technicians in R&D 1,165 per million people 2017 up 71.4% 17th Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) - Higher 50.5% 2023 up 12.5% 31st Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) 46.8% 2023 up 23.7% 50th Human resources in science and technology (HRST) by category, sex and 2,099 Thousand persons 2025 up 53.9% 21st Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) 28.8% 2023 up 27.2% 45th Patent applications to the EPO by priority year 371.46 Number 2017 up 12.8% 31st Researchers by sector of performance, age class and sex 43,645 Head count 2023 up 36.0% 28th Researchers by sector of performance, country of citizenship and sex 43,645 Head count 2023 up 36.0% 28th Researchers (FTE) - % Female 37.5% 2021 up 24.8% 51st Individuals - internet use 99.8% 2025 up 24.5% 1st Individuals - frequency of internet use 99.7% 2025 up 28.5% 1st Patent applications to the EPO by country of applicants and inventors 1,179 Number 2025 up 92.0% 13th Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (FTE) 48.4% 2021 up 18.6% 30th Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (FTE) 47.8% 2022 up 30.1% 38th Share of female researchers by sector of performance 40.3% 2023 up 14.3% 18th Heat pumps - ambient heat captured by technology and climate 1,105 Gigawatt-hour 2024 up 315.7% 29th Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (FTE) 25.3% 2021 up 10.9% 44th National public funding to transnationally coordinated R&D 47.56 Million euro 2025 up 154.3% 19th Co-patenting at the EPO according to applicants'/inventors' country 344.52 Number 2013 up 8.0% 26th Patents related to recycling and secondary raw materials 3.83 Number 2021 up 3.2% 28th Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by international 84.75 Number 2013 up 19.8% 26th Internet access by NACE Rev. 2 activity 98.8% 2025 up 0.2% 27th High-tech patent applications to the EPO by priority year 87.22 Number 2013 up 60.4% 29th Type of connections to the internet by NACE Rev. 2 activity 83.0% 2025 down 15.8% 42nd Mobile broadband internet traffic 2.02 Exabyte 2025 up 2,791.4% 20th Broadband internet coverage by technology 82.6% 2025 down 10.7% 17th Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by institutional 86.64 Number 2012 down 53.9% 28th Triadic patent families by earliest priority year 15.98 Number 2012 down 61.5% 29th Medical technology - historical data 102 Number 2021 up 41.7% 23rd Persons who cannot afford internet connection for personal use at 0.9% 2025 down 81.6% 22nd Persons not having internet connection for personal use at home for 4.4% 2025 down 65.4% 32nd Persons not having internet connection for personal use at home for 4.4% 2025 down 65.4% 32nd Patent cooperation treaty (PCT) applications designated to the EPO by 61.39 Number 2013 up 22.7% 25th High-tech exports - Exports of high technology products as a share of 42.5% 2022 up 95.8% 1st R&D personnel in ICT sector as % of total R&D personnel by NACE Rev. 2.1% 2017 down 57.0% 4th Proportion of youth and adults with information and communications 36.0% 2020 down 17.6% 22nd Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by NACE Rev. 2 2.61 Number 2013 down 25.9% 27th Internet purchases by individuals 87.5% 2025 up 36.6% 1st Financial activities over the internet 40.3% 2025 up 105.6% 1st Fixed broadband internet traffic 10.52 Exabyte 2025 up 293.9% 13th Internet purchases by individuals 59.2% 2019 up 104.5% 11th Patent applications to the EPO by priority year and other typologies 98.55 Number 2012 up 39.3% 19th Internet purchases - goods or services 66.8% 2024 — 1st Patent applications to the EPO by priority year, international patent 17.66 Number 2012 up 1.6% 20th High-tech patent applications to the EPO by priority year and other 31.4 Number 2012 down 8.7% 16th Individuals - mobile internet access 43.9% 2019 down 6.2% 15th ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →