Ireland vs Singapore

Ireland and Singapore 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.

• Singapore has about 1.1 times as many people as Ireland: 6.1 million against 5.5 million in 2025.
• GDP per person in Ireland ($131,592) is 33% higher than in Singapore ($98,814) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Ireland (12.3%) than in Singapore (5%), a difference of 7.3 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Ireland (2.2%) than in Singapore (0.9%), a difference of 1.3 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Ireland (4.6%) than in Singapore (2.8%), a difference of 1.8 percentage points in 2025.
• Life expectancy at birth is about the same in Ireland (83 years) and Singapore (83.3 years) in 2024.
• The population of Ireland is older: half of its people are over 38.4 years, against 35.1 years in Singapore in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Ireland (97.2%) than in Singapore (94.4%), a difference of 2.8 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Singapore (9.8 tonnes) are 63% higher than in Ireland (6 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Singapore (21.8%) than in Ireland (12%), a difference of 9.8 percentage points in 2024.