Ireland vs Luxembourg

Ireland and Luxembourg compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Ireland has about 8 times as many people as Luxembourg: 5.5 million against 686,970 in 2025.
• GDP per person in Luxembourg ($147,252) is 12% higher than in Ireland ($131,592) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Ireland (12.3%) than in Luxembourg (0.6%), a difference of 11.7 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Luxembourg (2.3%) than in Ireland (2.2%), a difference of 0.1 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Luxembourg (6.3%) than in Ireland (4.6%), a difference of 1.7 percentage points in 2025.
• Life expectancy at birth is about the same in Ireland (83 years) and Luxembourg (83.2 years) in 2024.
• The population of Luxembourg is older: half of its people are over 38.9 years, against 38.4 years in Ireland in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Luxembourg (99.1% in 2025) than in Ireland (97.2% in 2024), a difference of 1.9 percentage points.
• CO2 emissions per person in Luxembourg (10.6 tonnes) are 77% higher than in Ireland (6 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Luxembourg (34.5%) than in Ireland (12%), a difference of 22.5 percentage points in 2024.