Archive:Europe 2020 indicators - Ireland
Data extracted in August 2019.
No planned update.
This Statistics Explained article is outdated and has been archived - for recent information on Europe 2020 strategy see here.
Source: Eurostat (see dedicated web section: Europe 2020 headline indicators)
Explanations on this radar chart are available here.
This article is part of a set of statistical articles on Europe 2020 strategy, focusing on the situation in Ireland.
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Overview
Ireland surpassed its employment target by 5.1 percentage points in 2018. The country also exceeded its target for early leavers from education and training, achieving a 6.7 percentage point reduction between 2008 and 2018. Although the share of tertiary graduates increased more or less steadily during the same period, Ireland has yet to meet its 60 % target — the second most ambitious target for this indicator among Member States. In 2017, Ireland was 0.5 Mtoe above its national target on primary energy consumption. Despite the gradual increase in the share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption since 2008, a gap of 5.3 percentage points still needs to be closed in the next three years for the country to reach its 16 % target. Ireland would need to more than triple its efforts to reduce its GHG emissions in ESD sectors compared with the ESD base year in order to meet its 20 % reduction target. A fall in the country’s R&D expenditure since 2014 pushed Ireland away from its 2 % target.
Source: Eurostat (see dedicated web section: Europe 2020 headline indicators)
Data sources
More information about the origin of the data and the calculation of indicators can be obtained via the Europe 2020 indicators dedicated website.
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- 'Explanatory texts (metadata)' for a detailed overview of the collection and compilation methods;
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A more general overview of quality procedures can be found in Implementation of standard reference metadata for indicators - the ESMS Indicator Profile (ESMS-IP) (PDF file).
Context
Europe 2020 is the EU’s agenda for jobs and growth for the current decade. It emphasises smart, sustainable and inclusive growth as a way to strengthen the EU economy and prepare its structure for the challenges of the next decade. As a main objective, the strategy strives to deliver high levels of employment, productivity and social cohesion in the Member States, while reducing the impact on the natural environment.
Direct access to
- Towards robust quality management for European Statistics - Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council COM(2011) 211 final.
- Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of 11 March 2009 on European statistics