Ireland
- Official Name:
- Ireland
- Area:
- 70.280 km 2
- Population (2007):
- 4.109.086 inhabitants
- Coastline:
- 1.448 km
- Capital:
- Dublin
- Maritime Ports and terminals:
- Cork, Dublin, New Ross, Shannon Foynes, Waterford
- Maritime claims:
-
- Territorial sea: 12 nm
- Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
- Political divisions:
- 26 counties; Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Leitrim, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford, Wicklow Note: Cavan, Donegal, and Monaghan are part of Ulster Province
- Language(s):
- English (official) is the language generally used, Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge) (official) spoken mainly in areas located along the western seaboard
- National holiday:
- Saint Patrick's Day, 17 March
- Nationality:
- Irishman(men), Irishwoman(women), Irish (collective plural)
- Official time:
- GMT 0. Daylight saving time: 1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
- Member of:
- AsDB, Australia Group, BIS, CE, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, MIGA, MINURSO, MONUC, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, PFP, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNMIL, UNOCI, UNTSO, UPU, WCO, WEU (observer), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
- Internet country code:
- .ie
Economic Profile
- Currency:
-
Euro (EUR) - GDP - per capita (PPP):
- USD44.500 (2006 est.)
- GDP (official exchange rate):
- (2006 est.) USD 204.400.000.000
- PIB (Real growth rate:
- 6% (2006 est.)
- GDP (Composition by sector): (2002 est.)
-
- Agriculture: 5%
- Industry: 46%
- Services: 49%
- Labor force:
- 2.120.000 (2006 est.)
- Labor force - by occupation (2002):
-
- Agriculture 8%
- Industry: 29%
- Services 64%
- Unemployment rate:
- 4,3% (2006 est.)
- Inflation rate (Consumer prices):
- 3,9% (2006 est)
- Investment (Gross Fixed):
- 28% del PIB (2006 est.)
- Budget:
-
- Revenues: USD74.490.000.000
- Expenditures: USD73.050.000.000
- Public debt:
- 22,8% of GDP (2006 est.)
- Current account balance:
- USD -9.450.000.000 (2006 est.)
- Exports:
- USD 119.800.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Exports - Commodities:
- Machinery and equipment, computers, chemicals, pharmaceuticals; live animals, animal products
- Exports - Partners:
- US 18,5%, UK 17,4%, Belgium 15,3%, Germany 7,3%, France 6,5%, Netherlands 4,7%, Italy 4,2% (2005)
- Imports:
- USD 87.360.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Imports - Commodities:
- Data processing equipment, other machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum and petroleum products, textiles, clothing
- Imports - partners:
- UK 37,1%, US 13,8%, Germany 9,2%, Netherlands 4,5% (2005)
- Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
- USD 842.500.000 (2006 est.)
- Debt - external:
- USD 1.392.000.000.000 (2006)
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