People reporting good or very good health in Ireland
79.4% of people aged 16 or over in Ireland rated their health as good or very good in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2008. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Ireland, 2025
79.4%
Change from 2024
−0.5percentage points
European Union, 2025
67.9%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
68.2%
Position in 2025
2nd of 31
People reporting good or very good health in Ireland over time
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% of people aged 16 or over. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Ireland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79.4% | 67.9% |
| 2024 | 79.9% | 68.4% |
| 2023 | 79.5% | 67.8% |
| 2022 | 80.8% | 67.7% |
| 2021 | 81.6% | 69.0% |
| 2020 | 84.5%b (break in time series) | 68.8% |
| 2019 | 84.2%b (break in time series) | 68.6% |
| 2018 | 84.1% | 68.5%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 83.2% | 68.9%e (estimated) |
| 2016 | 82.9% | 67.4%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 82.6% | 66.7%e (estimated) |
| 2014 | 82.7% | 67.2%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 82.0% | 66.4%e (estimated) |
| 2012 | 82.8% | 67.3%e (estimated) |
| 2011 | 83.3% | 66.6%e (estimated) |
| 2010 | 82.8% | 66.7%e (estimated) |
| 2009 | 83.1% | – |
| 2008 | 84.3% | – |
Flags: e estimated; b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.5 percentage points from 79.9% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 82.6%, the figure has changed by −3.2 percentage points. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
- Among the 31 countries with data for 2025, Ireland has the 2nd highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 67.9%.
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Hospital beds
293 per 100,000 people
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Practising physicians
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Health spending share of GDP
6.1%p (Provisional)
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