Statistical Yearbook of Ireland 2018

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Welcome to the eighteenth issue of the annual Statistical Yearbook of Ireland 2018. This presents a comprehensive picture of Ireland today based on statistics published by the Central Statistics Office throughout the year.

There are links to our Statbank interactive tables throughout the publication which allow you to access more detailed information. Our colleagues from the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) have kindly supplied us with similar data relating to Northern Ireland.

Topics covered in the Yearbook are outlined below.

People: Explore illustrated county population maps and snapshots of life events including popular baby names, and births, marriages and deaths.

Society: Find answers to common questions about Irish society such as employment, unemployment and household internet activity. How many of us are obese? How much water do we use in our homes? How much weekly disposable income do we have? What do households spend their weekly money on?

Business: Learn about retail trading and consumer spending behaviour, turnover and people employed in industry. We include a complete picture of house building & other construction, from planning, construction and domestic BER to prices. See data on foreign and Irish multinationals in our business economy.

Economy: Just how well is our economy doing? Information on household debt and savings, imports and exports, national average price of potatoes, petrol and other goods plus average and historic earnings.

Tourism & Transport: Find out about the number of trips to and from Ireland, how many have been holidaying at home, average holiday lengths and what the nation spends on their holidays. Also learn about Ireland’s top motors and the top 10 routes to and from Irish airports.

Agriculture & Fishing: Find the number of farms in Ireland and the ages of our farmers. Compare cattle, pig and sheep numbers from 1847 to 2017 and learn how important milk and dairying are to farmers. Learn about farmer's operating surplus, purchases and sales of agriculture products. For the first time in the Yearbook we have also included information on fish landings in Irish and foreign ports.

Appendix 1 - Northern Ireland: Information on a selection of topics provided by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA).

Appendix 2: Methodology for the sources of Yearbook information.

All of the statistics published by the CSO are available on www.cso.ie.

The Central Statistics Office would like to thank the other Government Departments & Organisations, and NISRA, for their co-operation and the material supplied for this Yearbook.

For further information contact:

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On-line ISSN: 2009-5341

CSO statistical release, 18 October 2018, 11am

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