Global: Ease of doing business score in Ireland
Ireland: Global: Ease of doing business score was 79.58 DB17-20 methodology in 2019. ▬ Flat
Global: Ease of doing business score in Ireland, 2015–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB17-20 methodology.
Analysis
The most recent figure for global: ease of doing business score in Ireland is 79.58 DB17-20 methodology, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.3% over five years.
Ireland ranks 24th of 190 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Global: Ease of doing business score in Ireland, year by year
| Year | DB17-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 79.8 DB17-20 methodology | — |
| 2016 | 80.1 DB17-20 methodology | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 80.1 DB17-20 methodology | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 79.59 DB17-20 methodology | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 79.58 DB17-20 methodology | -0.0% |
Countries ranked near Ireland
More private sector data for Ireland
- Merchandise trade 62.7% (2025)
- Food imports 9.4% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 82.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 159.22 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 7.9% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 90.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 293.42 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 53,501 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4066 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 21.65 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is global: ease of doing business score in Ireland?
- Global: ease of doing business score in Ireland was 79.58 DB17-20 methodology in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest global: ease of doing business score recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 80.1 DB17-20 methodology in 2016.
- What is the lowest global: ease of doing business score recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.58 DB17-20 methodology in 2019.
- How does Ireland rank for global: ease of doing business score?
- Ireland ranks 24th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this Ireland data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Global: Ease of doing business score (DB17-20 methodology). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The ease of doing business score is the simple average of the scores for each of the Doing Business topics: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts and resolving insolvency. The score is computed based on the methodology in the DB17-20 studies for topics that underwent methodology updates.