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Health at a Glance 2023: Key findings for Ireland

Health at a Glance provides the latest comparable data and trends on population health and health system performance. This Country Note shows how Ireland compares to other OECD countries across indicators in the report.

Embracing a One Health Framework to Fight Antimicrobial Resistance in Ireland

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – the ability of microbes to resist antimicrobials - remains an alarming global health threat that jeopardises the effectiveness of many 20th century public health advances. In recent years, Ireland made important strides in tackling AMR. Yet, more progress is needed.

Risks That Matter 2022 Country Highlights: Ireland

RTM illustrates respondents’ perceived economic risks, levels of satisfaction with current social policies, and preferences for future government action on social protection: in Ireland many worry about health and housing and are willing to pay more in taxes for better services

Taxing Wages: Key findings for Ireland

The tax wedge for the average single worker in Ireland increased by 0.2 percentage points from 34.5% in 2021 to 34.7% in 2022. The OECD average tax wedge in 2022 was 34.6% (2021, 34.6%).

Ireland: Structural reforms are needed to ease long-term pressures on public finances

Ireland’s economy weathered the COVID-19 pandemic well, emerging with solid GDP growth and a strong fiscal position. Yet rising inflation and global economic uncertainty over Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine will dent the pace of the recovery, according to a new OECD report.

Revenue Statistics: Key findings for Ireland

The OECD’s annual Revenue Statistics report found that the tax-to-GDP ratio in Ireland increased by 1.2 percentage points from 19.9% in 2020 to 21.1% in 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, the OECD average increased from 33.6% to 34.1%.

Redesigning Ireland’s Transport for Net Zero - Towards Systems that Work for People and the Planet

Ireland urgently needs to build a better world of work for persons with disabilities, says OECD

Ireland should better engage with employers to increase hiring and keeping staff with disabilities while at the same time improve its passive disability benefit system, according to a new OECD report.

OECD Skills Outlook 2021: How does Ireland compare?

The Skills Outlook Country Profile details key indicators to assess the extent to which Ireland is able to provide strong foundations for lifelong learning; promote effective transitions into further education, training and the labour market and engage adults in learning. It also evaluates the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on adult learning and the labour market.

Preventing Harmful Alcohol Use: Key Findings for Ireland

Ireland has one of the highest levels of alcohol consumption – 12.9 litres of pure alcohol per capita per year, roughly equivalent to 2.6 bottles of wine or 5.0 litres of beer per week per person aged 15 and over. In addition, in Ireland, some population groups are at higher risk than others.