Ireland vs Singapore

Ireland
Europe & Central Asia
High income
Capital: Dublin
Population
5.4M
GDP
$609.2B
Singapore
East Asia & Pacific
High income
Capital: Singapore
Population
6M
GDP
$572.9B

POP 1.1x GDP 1.1x LE 0.3 yrs same-band HIC

Widest indicator spreads · Ireland vs Singapore

Population Density99.1%Foreign Direct Investment96.4%Renewable Energy Consump…91.3%Freshwater Withdrawal89.7%Intentional Homicides58.5%GDP Growth Rate51.4%Stunting Prevalence (und…51.1%Net Migration48.8%
TIGHT pair: headers nearly match, so the chart is Population Density rather than GDP scale.

Demographics: Population Density (Singapore, 99% spread)

Indicator Ireland Singapore Year
Population Density 77.1 8241.8 2023
Population Ages 0-14 18.6% 11.7% 2024
Urban Population 64.3% 100.0% 2024

2 closer demographics rows sit on the Ireland and Singapore profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Economy: Foreign Direct Investment (Singapore, 96% spread)

Indicator Ireland Singapore Year
Foreign Direct Investment $4.8B $135.1B 2024
GDP Growth Rate 2.6% 5.3% 2024
Unemployment Rate 4.3% 2.7% 2024
Trade (% of GDP) 246.2% 313.3% 2024

4 closer economy rows sit on the Ireland and Singapore profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Health: Stunting Prevalence (under 5) (Singapore, 51% spread)

Indicator Ireland Singapore Year
Stunting Prevalence (under 5) 2.2% 4.5% 2011
Infant Mortality Rate 3.4 2.2 2024
Health Expenditure (% of GDP) 6.9% 4.5% 2024
Maternal Mortality Ratio 4 6 2023

3 closer health rows sit on the Ireland and Singapore profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Education: Education Expenditure (% of GDP) (Ireland, 25% spread)

Indicator Ireland Singapore Year
Education Expenditure (% of GDP) 2.9% 2.2% 2021
School Enrollment (Secondary) 130.6% 103.1% 2022
School Enrollment (Tertiary) 77.6% 97.3% 2022

3 closer education rows sit on the Ireland and Singapore profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Environment: Renewable Energy Consumption (Ireland, 91% spread)

Indicator Ireland Singapore Year
Renewable Energy Consumption 12.7% 1.1% 2021
Freshwater Withdrawal 3.4% 33.3% 2022
Forest Area 11.5% 20.9% 2023
CO2 Emissions Per Capita 6.0 9.8 2024

1 closer environment rows sit on the Ireland and Singapore profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Infrastructure: Mobile Subscriptions (Singapore, 34% spread)

Indicator Ireland Singapore Year
Mobile Subscriptions 112.6 170.8 2024
Access to Sanitation 81.3% 100.0% 2024

3 closer infrastructure rows sit on the Ireland and Singapore profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Social: Intentional Homicides (Ireland, 59% spread)

Indicator Ireland Singapore Year
Intentional Homicides 0.7 0.1 2023
Net Migration 39.1K 20K 2024

4 closer social rows sit on the Ireland and Singapore profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

How to read this Ireland vs Singapore comparison

Ireland vs Singapore is a TIGHT pair on population/GDP scale (same-band HIC: HIC/HIC). Look past the near-parity headers to Population Density (~99% spread); 42 WDI/WHO/ILO figures across 7 topics. Shared income tier makes small rate gaps more informative than totals. Figures may come from different reporting years; dollar values move with exchange rates; national averages conceal inequality. See our methodology.

Other curated pairs · TIGHT band

Indexable comparisons only (Module 42). Full picker with every country lives on /compare, not duplicated under every pair.

Ireland vs Singapore figures: World Bank Open Data and health rows: WHO Global Health Observatory. CC BY 4.0 · same-band HIC · TIGHT scale band.