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Ireland vs Spain
How Ireland and Spain compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Spain was higher: 83.7 years against 82.4 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Ireland was higher: $104,400 against $29,760
- Population · In 2023, Spain was higher: 47.9 million people against 5.2 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Spain was higher: 2.13% of GDP against 0.22% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Ireland was higher: 6.04 tonnes against 4.51 tonnes
Life expectancy →IrelandSpainUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction interval
Change since 1950, years · UN
Every measure
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| Measure | Ireland | Spain | Over the years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | |||
| Life expectancyyears · 2023 | 82.4 | 83.7 | |
| Child mortalitydeaths before age 5 per 100 live births · 2024 | 0.4 | 0.3 | |
| Infant mortalitydeaths per 1,000 live births · 2023 | 2.9 | 2.4 | |
| Safe drinking water% of people · 2022 | 96 | 99.6 | |
| Depression% of people · 2017 | 4.25 | 3.54 | |
| Suicide ratedeaths per 100,000 people · 2017 | 8.4 | 5.5 | |
| People | |||
| Populationpeople · 2023 | 5.2 million | 47.9 million | |
| Population growth% a year · 2023 | 1.19 | 0.02 | |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2023 | 1.6 | 1.21 | |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 64.6 | 80.5 | |
| Median ageyears · 2023 | 38.4 | 44.9 | |
| People aged 65 and over% of people · 2023 | 15.5 | 20.7 | |
| Net migration rateper 1,000 people · 2023 | 8.4 | 2.5 | |
| Economy | |||
| GDP per personUS dollars at 2015 prices · 2025 | $104,400 | $29,760 | |
| GDP growth% a year · 2025 | 8 | 2.6 | |
| Inflation% a year · 2025 | 2.1 | 2.7 | |
| Government debt% of GDP · 2025 | 34.8 | 100.5 | |
| Education | |||
| Learning-adjusted schoolingyears · 2020 | 11.6 | 10.5 | |
| Girls in primary school% of girls of primary-school age · 2017 | 97.32011 | 97.6 | |
| Politics | |||
| Electoral democracyindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.89 | 0.82 | |
| Human rightsindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.96 | 0.94 | |
| Conflict | |||
| Deaths in conflictsdeaths a year · 2022 | 0 | 0 | |
| Military | |||
| Military spending% of GDP · 2025 | 0.22 | 2.13 | |
| Military spending in US dollarsUS dollars at 2024 prices · 2025 | $1.46B | $37.7B | |
| Military spending per personUS dollars per person · 2025 | $272 | $839 | |
| Military share of state spending% of government spending · 2025 | 0.9 | 4.7 | |
| Armed forces personnelpeople · 2020 | 9,000 | 199,000 | |
| National power% of world capability · 2022 | 0.05 | 0.66 | |
| Armed forces, share of workers% of the labour force · 2020 | 0.37 | 0.87 | |
| Arms importsSIPRI trend-indicator values · 2025 | 14 million | 237 million | |
| Arms exportsSIPRI trend-indicator values · 2025 | 24 million | 341 million | |
| Climate | |||
| Temperature°C · 2025 | 10.8 | 15.1 | |
| Days above 35 °Cdays a year · 2014 | 0 | 8.6 | |
| Tropical nightsnights a year · 2014 | 0 | 16.8 | |
| Technology and environment | |||
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 6.04 | 4.51 | |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 97.2 | 95.8 | |
| Access to electricity% of people · 2024 | 100 | 100 | |
| Forest area% of land · 2024 | 12 | 38.2 | |
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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