Social Development in Ireland 168 indicators covering social development for Ireland. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Democracy Index 10 2018 unchanged 1st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 330 2025 up 816.7% 140th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0.0001 units per person 2025 up 685.9% 142nd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 283.7% 162nd Political Rights Score 40 2025 up 2.6% 1st Freedom Score 98 2025 up 2.1% 5th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 33,728 2025 up 577.0% 29th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.0061 units per person 2025 up 480.4% 12th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 183.4% 71st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -18.52 % change on previous year 2025 up 67.0% 78th Full democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 — 36th Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st Distribution of Democracy Index 20 2018 unchanged 1st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate 6.36 % change on previous year 2025 down 28.3% 57th Equal Rights Protection Index 0.958 2025 up 0.9% 6th Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.974 2025 up 0.5% 15th Political Corruption Index 0.032 2025 up 6.7% 161st Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.032 2025 up 6.7% 161st Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 4.19 2024 down 18.5% 19th Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 34th Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 19th Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 — 56th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.0032 units per square kilometre 2023 up 584.4% 156th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.323 units per square kilometre 2023 up 307.2% 23rd LGBT+ Rights Index 8 2019 up 57.7% 23rd Forcibly displaced people 171,597 2025 up 1,447.3% 66th Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 — 1st Press freedom 2 2016 unchanged 1st Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 2 number 2025 unchanged 1st Age of electoral democracy 105 years 2025 up 10.5% 7th Full democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Corruption Perceptions Index 77 2024 up 4.1% 10th Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 — 38th Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 10.27 2024 down 9.0% 38th Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 9.99 2024 down 6.0% 23rd Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.5252 2024 down 43.6% 106th Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year -0.2449 2024 up 9.6% 177th Self-reported life satisfaction 6.93 2025 up 0.3% 13th Happiness vs. life satisfaction 6.93 2025 up 0.3% 13th Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 43.6% 2024 down 8.2% 78th Homicide rate 0.6543 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 35.6% 154th Homicides 34 homicides 2023 down 27.7% 125th Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 0.6543 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 35.6% 154th Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 0.6543 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 35.6% 153rd Age of electoral democracy 104 years 2025 up 10.6% 8th States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 — 51st Citizen support for democracy -0.399 2020 up 20.7% 77th Homicides 7 deaths 2022 down 82.9% 100th Child homicide rate 0.1504 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 4.5% 82nd Citizen satisfaction with democracy 1.28 2020 up 799.9% 14th Homicide rate 0.135 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 84.9% 108th Homicide rate by age of the victim 0.135 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 84.9% 108th Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st Homicides 37.44 deaths 2021 down 13.4% 150th Homicide rate 0.75 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 21.1% 175th Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 0.7521 2021 down 20.9% 168th Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 657,000 2030 down 14.5% 98th States involved in wars 0 2011 — 5th Alcohol, total (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 10.84 2030 down 0.8% 22nd ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →