Ireland vs South Korea
Ireland vs South Korea: Tropical nights
Tropical nights in 2014: 0 nights in Ireland and 68.9 nights in South Korea, in the CMIP6 climate models’ median run. In 2014 the value was higher in South Korea, by 68.9 nights.
nights a year · CMIP6
What the numbers say
- South Korea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
- The CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) puts Ireland at 0 nights and South Korea at 96.3 nights in 2100.
Every year
nights a year · CMIP6
| Year | Ireland | South Korea |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0 | 68.9 |
| 2013 | 0 | 69.7 |
| 2012 | 0 | 67.7 |
| 2011 | 0 | 65.3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 68.3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 65.8 |
| 2008 | 0 | 63.7 |
| 2007 | 0 | 64.2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 64.8 |
| 2005 | 0 | 65.1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 66.8 |
| 2003 | 0 | 63.2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 63.3 |
| 2001 | 0 | 63.4 |
| 2000 | 0 | 61.7 |
| 1999 | 0 | 64.2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 60.7 |
| 1997 | 0 | 60.4 |
| 1996 | 0 | 61.2 |
| 1995 | 0 | 55.2 |
| 1994 | 0 | 54.8 |
| 1993 | 0 | 49.2 |
| 1992 | 0 | 50.7 |
| 1991 | 0 | 56.9 |
| 1990 | 0 | 58.8 |
| 1989 | 0 | 58.7 |
| 1988 | 0 | 55.6 |
| 1987 | 0 | 52.6 |
| 1986 | 0 | 51.4 |
| 1985 | 0 | 53.1 |
| 1984 | 0 | 50.4 |
| 1983 | 0 | 46.8 |
| 1982 | 0 | 54 |
| 1981 | 0 | 53.9 |
| 1980 | 0 | 51.6 |
| 1979 | 0 | 52.6 |
| 1978 | 0 | 56.4 |
| 1977 | 0 | 51.8 |
| 1976 | 0 | 52.8 |
| 1975 | 0 | 54.6 |
| 1974 | 0 | 52.7 |
| 1973 | 0 | 50.4 |
| 1972 | 0 | 51.8 |
| 1971 | 0 | 49.7 |
| 1970 | 0 | 50.4 |
| 1969 | 0 | 55.2 |
| 1968 | 0 | 51.7 |
| 1967 | 0 | 57.3 |
| 1966 | 0 | 52.9 |
| 1965 | 0 | 52.8 |
| 1964 | 0 | 52.2 |
| 1963 | 0 | 57.9 |
| 1962 | 0 | 53.3 |
| 1961 | 0 | 58.2 |
| 1960 | 0 | 55.2 |
| 1959 | 0 | 54.8 |
| 1958 | 0 | 56 |
| 1957 | 0 | 55.8 |
| 1956 | 0 | 59.1 |
| 1955 | 0 | 55.7 |
| 1954 | 0 | 54 |
| 1953 | 0 | 55.4 |
| 1952 | 0 | 57 |
| 1951 | 0 | 54.7 |
| 1950 | 0 | 59.8 |
CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) · 2015–2100
| Year | Ireland | South Korea |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 00–0 | 68.656.8–82 |
| 2016 | 00–0 | 70.353.5–81.8 |
| 2017 | 00–0 | 70.559.5–82.9 |
| 2018 | 00–0 | 69.156.9–81.2 |
| 2019 | 00–0 | 74.663.1–84.4 |
| 2020 | 00–0 | 7157.6–83 |
| 2021 | 00–0 | 70.252.7–84.1 |
| 2022 | 00–0 | 72.563–81.2 |
| 2023 | 00–0 | 74.563.2–84.2 |
| 2024 | 00–0 | 73.558.6–87.1 |
| 2025 | 00–0 | 75.762.3–87.1 |
| 2026 | 00–0 | 7564–88.4 |
| 2027 | 00–0 | 74.163.4–88.9 |
| 2028 | 00–0 | 77.361.5–87.9 |
| 2029 | 00–0 | 75.463.1–86.7 |
| 2030 | 00–0 | 75.364.5–87.6 |
| 2031 | 00–0 | 76.763.6–87.3 |
| 2032 | 00–0 | 76.761–89.2 |
| 2033 | 00–0 | 78.860–92.7 |
| 2034 | 00–0 | 77.264.7–87.2 |
| 2035 | 00–0 | 8168.9–92.1 |
| 2036 | 00–0 | 81.964.1–95 |
| 2037 | 00–0 | 78.465.8–89.3 |
| 2038 | 00–0 | 78.866.9–89.4 |
| 2039 | 00–0 | 77.564.7–89.2 |
| 2040 | 00–0.1 | 80.567.4–92.7 |
| 2041 | 00–0 | 80.966.4–97.7 |
| 2042 | 00–0 | 82.469.1–95 |
| 2043 | 00–0 | 83.268.5–97.9 |
| 2044 | 00–0 | 83.169.3–91.6 |
| 2045 | 00–0 | 8170.4–92.2 |
| 2046 | 00–0 | 8668.3–95.2 |
| 2047 | 00–0 | 83.469.7–96.7 |
| 2048 | 00–0 | 82.769.2–95.2 |
| 2049 | 00–0.1 | 81.669–96.8 |
| 2050 | 00–0 | 81.569.8–93.8 |
| 2051 | 00–0.1 | 84.572.7–98.8 |
| 2052 | 00–0.1 | 83.167.8–98.5 |
| 2053 | 00–0 | 86.969.8–98.1 |
| 2054 | 00–0.1 | 84.773.3–97.5 |
| 2055 | 00–0 | 86.570.8–101.3 |
| 2056 | 00–0 | 85.874.5–99.8 |
| 2057 | 00–0.2 | 87.976.1–100.7 |
| 2058 | 00–0.3 | 86.275.2–99.4 |
| 2059 | 00–0 | 86.766.9–100.4 |
| 2060 | 00–0.3 | 86.371.9–101.9 |
| 2061 | 00–0.1 | 8974.8–99.5 |
| 2062 | 00–0.1 | 87.772.3–102.2 |
| 2063 | 00–0.2 | 86.774.6–101.2 |
| 2064 | 00–0 | 86.673.6–100.3 |
| 2065 | 00–0.2 | 91.575.3–102.2 |
| 2066 | 00–0 | 89.272.6–100.5 |
| 2067 | 00–0.5 | 90.372.7–102.6 |
| 2068 | 00–0.1 | 90.473.8–106.4 |
| 2069 | 00–0.1 | 9174.5–102.5 |
| 2070 | 00–0.1 | 89.774.6–107 |
| 2071 | 00–0.1 | 92.674.9–107.9 |
| 2072 | 00–0 | 90.976.6–103.9 |
| 2073 | 00–0.6 | 91.376.2–104 |
| 2074 | 00–0.2 | 91.974.6–107 |
| 2075 | 00–0.1 | 94.576.4–103.7 |
| 2076 | 00–0.6 | 93.477.5–105.6 |
| 2077 | 00–0.1 | 95.776.3–107.2 |
| 2078 | 00–0.7 | 93.576.9–110.5 |
| 2079 | 00–0.1 | 91.179.2–105.7 |
| 2080 | 00–0 | 92.481.7–107.1 |
| 2081 | 00–0.1 | 93.878–108.8 |
| 2082 | 00–0.3 | 96.279.9–110.1 |
| 2083 | 00–0.1 | 94.481.1–108 |
| 2084 | 00–0 | 91.574.4–107.3 |
| 2085 | 00–0.1 | 9481.4–107.4 |
| 2086 | 00–1.2 | 93.678.5–111.5 |
| 2087 | 00–1.1 | 94.480.9–113.5 |
| 2088 | 00–0.2 | 93.779.8–108.5 |
| 2089 | 00–0.4 | 94.478.9–107 |
| 2090 | 00–0.1 | 97.979.5–109 |
| 2091 | 00–0.4 | 95.280.6–107.7 |
| 2092 | 00–0.3 | 9580–106.3 |
| 2093 | 00–0.2 | 95.379.5–109.9 |
| 2094 | 00–0.3 | 92.279.8–111 |
| 2095 | 00–0.6 | 94.884–112.2 |
| 2096 | 00–0.6 | 100.481–113.2 |
| 2097 | 00–0.6 | 97.278.6–108.8 |
| 2098 | 00–0.9 | 97.479.9–110.4 |
| 2099 | 00–0.6 | 95.879.9–109.3 |
| 2100 | 00–0.2 | 96.381.6–113.8 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Nights in a year when the temperature stays above 20 °C, averaged over the country.
- Source: World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal, CMIP6 multi-model median.
- The dashed line is the CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its models’ 10th–90th percentile.
- Climate model values are the median of the CMIP6 models, run on past emissions to 2014 and on SSP2-4.5, a middle-of-the-road path, after: they are not measurements.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Ireland vs South Korea
Health
- Life expectancyIreland: 82.4 years in 2023South Korea: 84.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIreland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024South Korea: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIreland: 2.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023South Korea: 2.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIreland: 96% in 2022South Korea: 99.3% in 2022
- DepressionIreland: 4.25% in 2017South Korea: 3.17% in 2017
- Suicide rateIreland: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017South Korea: 20.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIreland: 5.2 million people in 2023South Korea: 51.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthIreland: 1.19% a year in 2023South Korea: -0.04% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIreland: 1.6 births per woman in 2023South Korea: 0.72 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIreland: 64.6% in 2025South Korea: 81.2% in 2025
- Median ageIreland: 38.4 years in 2023South Korea: 44.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIreland: 15.5% in 2023South Korea: 18.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateIreland: 8.4 per 1,000 people in 2023South Korea: 1.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIreland: 0.22% of GDP in 2025South Korea: 2.6% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIreland: $1.46B in 2025South Korea: $48.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personIreland: $272 in 2025South Korea: $924 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIreland: 0.9% of government spending in 2025South Korea: 10.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIreland: 9,000 people in 2020South Korea: 569,000 people in 2020
- National powerIreland: 0.05% of world capability in 2022South Korea: 2% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIreland: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020South Korea: 2.01% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIreland: 14 million TIV in 2025South Korea: 222 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIreland: 24 million TIV in 2025South Korea: 2.02 billion TIV in 2025