NUTS 2

Northern and Western

Region of Ireland · NUTS code IE04

Over time

The dashed line is the value for the whole country. Where Eurostat does not publish it, only the region line is shown.

Northern and Western vs national value

Economy

GDP per capita
47,300 €/inh.
−200 vs 2023
3rd of 3 in the country
Ireland 110,150 €/inh. · -57%
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
Income per capita
26,200 €/inh.
+1,800 vs 2022
3rd of 3 in the country
Ireland 28,000 €/inh. · -6%
2023 · NUTS 2 ranking
GDP growth
-3.6 %
−9.8 vs 2023
2nd of 3 in the country
Ireland 8.0 % · -145%
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking

Population

Population
958,925
+13,365 vs 2024
3rd of 3 in the country
Ireland 5,510,565 · -83%
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Life expectancy
83.2 years
+0.5 vs 2023
1st of 3 in the country
Ireland 83.1 years
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
Population density
38.2 /km²
+0.6 vs 2023
3rd of 3 in the country
Ireland 78.6 /km² · -51%
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
Population change
14.0 ‰
−2.4 vs 2023
3rd of 3 in the country
Ireland 12.8 ‰ · +9%
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
Net migration
11.3 ‰
−2.2 vs 2023
3rd of 3 in the country
Ireland 9.4 ‰ · +20%
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
Median age
40.7 years
+0.1 vs 2024
1st of 3 in the country
Ireland 39.6 years · +3%
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Aged 65+
17.5 %
+0.2 vs 2024
1st of 3 in the country
Ireland 15.7 % · +11%
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Fertility
1.63
−0.02 vs 2023
1st of 3 in the country
Ireland 1.47 · +11%
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking

Regions inside

2 regions

 

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Labour

Unemployment
4.8 %
+0.6 vs 2024
2nd of 3 in the country
Ireland 4.7 % · +2%
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Employment
79.1 %
+0.6 vs 2024
3rd of 3 in the country
Ireland 80.2 %
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
High-tech jobs
6.3 %
−0.6 vs 2024
3rd of 3 in the country
Ireland 9.9 % · -36%
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking

Society

Tourist nights
12,475 per 1,000
−486 vs 2024
1st of 3 in the country
Ireland 7,703 per 1,000 · +62%
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Road deaths
58 per mn
−5 vs 2023
3rd of 3 in the country
Ireland 3 per mn · +1713%
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
Tertiary educated
53.2 %
−0.8 vs 2024
3rd of 3 in the country
Ireland 58.7 % · -9%
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking

Smaller regions inside

Other regions in Ireland

Ranks are among regions of the same NUTS level within the same country. The NUTS levels are defined by Eurostat: NUTS 1 are the largest regions, NUTS 3 the smallest.

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