Ukraine’s coastline is 92% longer than Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 2,782 km (2026 edition)

Ukraine’s highest peak towers 1,020 m above Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 2,061 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 71% of Ukraine, versus 65% of Ireland

Ireland: 65.1% (2024) · Ukraine: 71.3% (2024)

Ukraine has 7.1 times as many people as Ireland

Ireland: 5.48 million (2025) · Ukraine: 39 million (2025)

Ireland is 18% more densely populated than Ukraine

Ireland: 80 per km² (2025) · Ukraine: 67 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Ukraine is 3.6 years older than in Ireland

Ireland: 38.4 years (2023) · Ukraine: 42 years (2023)

Women in Ireland have 0.5 more children on average than in Ukraine

Ireland: 1.47 children per woman (2024) · Ukraine: 0.99 children per woman (2024)

19% of people in Ukraine are 65 or older, versus 16% in Ireland

Ireland: 16.2% (2025) · Ukraine: 19% (2025)

Ireland hosts 413 times as many refugees per resident as Ukraine

Ireland: 25.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Ukraine: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Ireland has produced 9.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ukraine 1.3

Ireland: 9.1 (2026) · Ukraine: 1.3 (2026)

Ireland has 2 official languages, Ukraine 1

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Ukraine: 1 (2026)

Ireland’s economy is 3.4 times the size of Ukraine’s

Ireland: $722 billion (2025) · Ukraine: $214 billion (2025)

Ireland produces 8.2 times as much per person as Ukraine

Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025) · Ukraine: Int$18,905 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Ireland than in Ukraine (Gini 3.4 points higher)

Ireland: 29 (2023) · Ukraine: 25.6 (2020)

Ireland and Ukraine are practically level

Ireland: 0.1% (2023) · Ukraine: 0% (2020)

Unemployment is 9.8% in Ukraine, versus 4.6% in Ireland

Ireland: 4.6% (2025) · Ukraine: 9.8% (2021)

Ukraine spends 40% of its GDP on the military, Ireland 0.2%

Ireland: 0.2% (2025) · Ukraine: 39.6% (2025)

Ukraine’s central government collects 21% of GDP in tax, Ireland’s 18%

Ireland: 17.9% (2024) · Ukraine: 21% (2024)

Ireland’s price level (US = 100) is 2.7× Ukraine’s

Ireland: 85% (2025) · Ukraine: 31% (2025)

Ireland spends 20 times as much on health per person as Ukraine

Ireland: $7,395 (2024) · Ukraine: $370 (2021)

A baby in Ukraine is 2.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Ireland

Ireland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Ukraine: 7.6 per 1,000 (2024)

Ireland has 10% more doctors per person than Ukraine

Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Ukraine: 3.5 per 1,000 (2023)

Ukraine has 2.1 times as many hospital beds per person as Ireland

Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023) · Ukraine: 6.1 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Ukraine is 2.6 times that in Ireland

Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 18.9 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Ireland are obese, versus 28% in Ukraine

Ireland: 30.6% (2024) · Ukraine: 27.8% (2024)

24% of adults in Ukraine smoke, versus 18% in Ireland

Ireland: 18.2% (2024) · Ukraine: 23.7% (2024)

People in Ireland rate their lives 2.27 points higher than in Ukraine

Ireland: 6.93 (2025) · Ukraine: 4.66 (2025)

Adults in Ireland drink 2.6 times as much alcohol as in Ukraine

Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023) · Ukraine: 3.9 litres (2023)

Ireland has 2 times as much meat per person as Ukraine

Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023) · Ukraine: 49.5 kg (2023)

Ireland has 1,135 kcal more food per person per day than Ukraine

Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Ukraine: 2,786 kcal (2023)

Workers in Ukraine put in 391 more hours a year than in Ireland

Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023) · Ukraine: 2,045 hours (2023)

Adults in Ireland went to school 0.6 years longer than in Ukraine

Ireland: 11.7 years (2023) · Ukraine: 11.1 years (2023)

Ireland welcomed 34 times as many tourists per resident as Ukraine (2019)

Ireland: 2.2 (2019) · Ukraine: 0.07 (2024)

Ukraine has 6 more World Heritage sites than Ireland (8 against 2)

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Ukraine: 8 (2026)

Ukraine has won 160 Olympic medals, Ireland 42

Ireland: 42 (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 160 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Ireland are online, versus 82% in Ukraine

Ireland: 97% (2024) · Ukraine: 82% (2024)

Home internet in Ireland is 68% faster than in Ukraine

Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026) · Ukraine: 178 Mbps (2026)

Ireland and Ukraine are practically level

Ireland: 100% (2024) · Ukraine: 100% (2024)

70% of people in Ukraine live in cities, versus 65% in Ireland

Ireland: 65% (2025) · Ukraine: 70% (2025)

Ukraine has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ireland 113

Ireland: 113 (2024) · Ukraine: 133 (2023)

Ukraine’s railway network is 13 times as long as Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,650 km (2021) · Ukraine: 21,626 km (2020)

Airlines from Ireland fly 3,025 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ukraine

Ireland: 35.11 (2023) · Ukraine: 0.01 (2022)

Forest covers 17% of Ukraine, but only 12% of Ireland

Ireland: 12% (2024) · Ukraine: 17.3% (2024)

The average person in Ireland emits 68% more CO₂ than someone in Ukraine

Ireland: 6.3 t (2024) · Ukraine: 3.8 t (2024)

48% of Ireland’s electricity is renewable, versus 16% in Ukraine

Ireland: 48.1% (2025) · Ukraine: 16.4% (2022)

The air in Ukraine carries 92% more fine dust than in Ireland

Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Ukraine: 14.2 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 5.8 times as likely to be murdered in Ukraine as in Ireland

Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 3.8 per 100k (2021)

Roads in Ukraine are 3.6 times as deadly as in Ireland

Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 18.7 per 100k (2023)

Ireland and Ukraine are practically level

Ireland: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ukraine: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ireland gets 84% more rain than Ukraine

Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ukraine: 619 mm (2016–2025 avg)