A regular Eurozone outperformer

AA1

LOW RISK for entreprise

  • Economic risk

  • Business environment risk

  • Political risk

  • Commercial risk

  • Financing risk

  • Economic risk

  • Business environment risk

  • Political risk

  • Commercial risk

  • Financing risk

Last updated in October 2022.

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GDP USD498.56bn (World ranking 25, World Bank 2021)
Population 5mn (World ranking 123, World Bank 2021)
Form of state Parliamentory Republic
Head of government Micheál Martin (Prime Minister)
Next elections 2025, general
  • Strong business environment
  • Lowest corporate tax rate within the Eurozone
  • Exports oriented towards sectors with high value added
  • Robust current account surplus
  • Strong fiscal position
  • English-speaking business location
  • English-speaking business location
  • High exposure to the energy crisis
  • Sensitive to external shocks due to high openness to trade
  • High dependency on foreign investment
  • High private debt

Trade structure by destination/origin

(% of total, 2021)

Exports Rank Imports
United States of America 30.8%
1
18.9% United Kingdom
United Kingdom 11.1%
2
10.4% France
Germany 11.0%
3
8.0% Germany
Belgium 8.4%
4
6.9% China
China 7.0%
5
5.6% Netherlands

Trade structure by product

(% of total, 2021)

Exports Rank Imports
Medicinal and pharmaceutical products 39.0%
1
14.2% Other transport equipment
Organic chemicals 16.0%
2
10.1% Organic chemicals
Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, n.e.s. 7.4%
3
9.7% Medicinal and pharmaceutical products
Miscellaneous manufactured articles, n.e.s. 5.0%
4
6.8% Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, n.e.s.
Professional and scientific instruments, n.e.s 4.4%
5
5.0% Miscellaneous manufactured articles, n.e.s.
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