Practising nurses in Ireland
Ireland had 1,417 practising nurses per 100,000 people in 2025.
Ireland, 2025
1,417
Change from 2024
−2per 100,000 people
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024
706 per 100,000 people
Practising nurses in Ireland over time
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Nurses per 100,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Ireland |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,417 per 100,000 people |
| 2024 | 1,419 per 100,000 people |
| 2023 | 1,366 per 100,000 people |
| 2022 | 1,301 per 100,000 people |
| 2021 | 1,254 per 100,000 people |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −2 from 1,419 per 100,000 people in 2024.
- Since 2021, when it was 1,254 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by +163.
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409 per 100,000 people
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Hospital beds
293 per 100,000 people
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Life expectancy at birth
83.1 years
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Infant mortality rate
3.3 per 1,000 live births
2024 · Eurostat
People reporting good or very good health
79.4%
2025 · Eurostat
Health spending share of GDP
6.1%p (Provisional)
2025 · Eurostat