Country

Ireland

IRL Northern Europe

An EU member and NATO-adjacent state maintaining a policy of military neutrality; shares its only land border with the UK via Northern Ireland.

Last reviewed Sep 10, 2026

Indicators

GDP growth12.3% per year · 2025▲ 374.6% vs previous

Military expenditure0.24% of GDP · 2024▲ 3.79% vs previous

Net energy imports85.8% of use · 2023▼ 0.25% vs previousNet importer

Trade openness240.0% of GDP · 2025▼ 2.52% vs previous

Population5.5Mpeople · 2025▲ 1.64% vs previous

Displaced from here399people · 2025▼ 15.6% vs previous

Source: World Bank · retrieved 1 Sep 2026 · CC BY 4.0 · Source: World Bank / SIPRI · retrieved 1 Sep 2026 · CC BY 4.0 · Source: UNHCR · retrieved 1 Sep 2026 · CC BY 4.0 (UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database)

Electricity generation mix — Ireland

Monthly generation by fuel, last five years

Coal
Gas
Other Fossil
Hydro
Wind
Solar
Bioenergy

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Period	Coal (TWh)	Gas (TWh)	Other Fossil (TWh)	Hydro (TWh)	Wind (TWh)	Solar (TWh)	Bioenergy (TWh)
2021-10-01	0.31	1.02	0.21	0.06	0.93	0	0
2021-11-01	0.41	1.14	0.19	0.07	0.91	0	0
2021-12-01	0.37	1.07	0.24	0.09	1.21	0	0
2022-01-01	0.39	1.3	0.18	0.09	0.97	0	0
2022-02-01	0.25	0.78	0.11	0.09	1.47	0	0
2022-03-01	0.37	1.12	0.21	0.08	0.91	0	0
2022-04-01	0.17	1.29	0.15	0.03	0.82	0	0
2022-05-01	0.13	1.33	0.15	0.02	0.83	0	0
2022-06-01	0.13	1.39	0.13	0.01	0.71	0	0
2022-07-01	0.29	1.55	0.08	0.02	0.51	0	0
2022-08-01	0.26	1.63	0.13	0	0.49	0	0
2022-09-01	0.28	1.34	0.16	0.02	0.63	0	0
2022-10-01	0.16	1.05	0.1	0.09	1.23	0	0
2022-11-01	0.12	1.13	0.12	0.11	1.31	0	0
2022-12-01	0.26	1.4	0.17	0.08	1	0	0
2023-01-01	0.15	1.23	0.1	0.12	1.18	0	0
2023-02-01	0.08	1.15	0.13	0.05	1.09	0	0
2023-03-01	0.13	1.29	0.12	0.08	1.11	0	0
2023-04-01	0.09	1.2	0.1	0.08	0.92	0.03	0
2023-05-01	0.08	1.42	0.11	0.04	0.56	0.06	0
2023-06-01	0.1	1.36	0.1	0.01	0.53	0.06	0
2023-07-01	0.09	1.16	0.04	0.06	0.85	0.06	0
2023-08-01	0.08	1.13	0.06	0.08	0.87	0.06	0
2023-09-01	0.12	1.12	0.06	0.05	0.84	0.04	0
2023-10-01	0.09	1.13	0.12	0.1	0.82	0.03	0
2023-11-01	0.11	1.13	0.1	0.11	1.12	0.02	0
2023-12-01	0.11	0.9	0.09	0.12	1.52	0.01	0
2024-01-01	0.1	1.32	0.08	0.13	1.14	0.02	0.04
2024-02-01	0.09	0.99	0.06	0.11	1.18	0.02	0.05
2024-03-01	0.09	1.02	0.03	0.11	1.31	0.03	0.05
2024-04-01	0.08	1.07	0.04	0.08	0.92	0.06	0.05
2024-05-01	0.02	1.35	0.08	0.03	0.55	0.09	0.06
2024-06-01	0.07	1.04	0.06	0.01	0.64	0.1	0.05
2024-07-01	0.13	1.16	0.07	0.01	0.57	0.11	0.03
2024-08-01	0.07	0.96	0.06	0.03	0.9	0.09	0
2024-09-01	0.09	1.16	0.1	0.02	0.78	0.07	0
2024-10-01	0.09	1.21	0.07	0.04	1	0.05	0.04
2024-11-01	0.08	1.53	0.06	0.05	0.87	0.02	0.04
2024-12-01	0.05	1.18	0.06	0.09	1.29	0.02	0.04
2025-01-01	0.1	1.45	0.09	0.08	1.07	0.03	0.05
2025-02-01	0.06	0.88	0.05	0.07	1.41	0.04	0.04
2025-03-01	0.05	1.19	0.05	0.04	1	0.09	0.06
2025-04-01	0.13	1.14	0.07	0.03	0.76	0.12	0.04
2025-05-01	0.08	1.08	0.09	0.02	0.59	0.17	0.04
2025-06-01	0.03	0.95	0.06	0.02	0.79	0.14	0.02
2025-07-01	0	1.38	0.06	0.02	0.66	0.16	0.01
2025-08-01	0	1.19	0.05	0.01	0.73	0.13	0.04
2025-09-01	0	0.98	0.07	0.05	0.92	0.1	0.04
2025-10-01	0	1.14	0.07	0.08	1.07	0.05	0.05
2025-11-01	0	1.29	0.06	0.08	1.07	0.03	0.04
2025-12-01	0	1.21	0.08	0.09	1.24	0.02	0.04
2026-01-01	0	1.49	0.06	0.09	1.12	0.03	0.05
2026-02-01	0	1.08	0.06	0.1	1.25	0.04	0.04
2026-03-01	0	1.05	0.06	0.09	1.26	0.11	0.04
2026-04-01	0	0.99	0.03	0.07	1.08	0.16	0.05
2026-05-01	0	1.13	0.01	0.02	0.78	0.22	0.05

Source: Ember · retrieved 31 Aug 2026 · CC BY 4.0

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