SDG 16
Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies.
Ireland: Challenges remain· Stagnating
Official figures from the Sustainable Development Report 2026 (Sachs, Lafortune, Fuller, Iablonovski — SDSN), shown as published — only the layout is ours. The report is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by SDSN. Imported from their published database on 2026-09-21.
What this goal covers
- •Significantly reduce violence and related deaths everywhere
- •End abuse, exploitation and trafficking, especially of children
- •Promote the rule of law and equal access to justice for all
Simplified from the UN's official targets for this goal.
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Goal 16 score, by country
Ireland is in rank group 12 of 181 (out of 181 countries with a score for this goal).
What makes up Ireland's score (97 out of 100)
The average of 4 indicator scores, one per official target area. Each bar scores Ireland from 0 to 100 on that indicator: the best 10% of countries count as 100, the worst 5% as 0.
- 16.5 Corruption · Firms experiencing at least one bribe request0.3% (2024)100
- 16.9 Legal identity · Birth registration completeness100% (2022)100
- 16.1 Violence · Intentional homicides0.7 per 100,000 (2023)100
- 16.3 Justice · Unsentenced detainees as a share of prisoners19.3% (2024)87
1 other indicator for this goal has no recent data for Ireland, so it isn't in the average.
Not covered: Illicit flows (16.4), representation in institutions (16.7), and police reporting of crime (16.3.1) have too little country data.
Simplified score, may contain errors. See how it's built
Chart data: World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0) and the UN SDG Global Database (UNdata terms). Each goal score (0–100, 100 = best) averages a country's scores on several official indicators, one per main target area of the goal (5 for this goal). Each indicator is scored against a range set by the data: the best 10% of countries count as 100, the worst 5% as 0. Latest value per country since 2010; fetched 2026-09-22. The scores are calculated by this site; the underlying values are the sources', unchanged. Not covered: Illicit flows (16.4), representation in institutions (16.7), and police reporting of crime (16.3.1) have too little country data. How the scores are built →
- Intentional homicides (WB VC.IHR.PSRC.P5; 16.1 Violence)
- Unsentenced detainees as a share of prisoners (UN VC_PRS_UNSNT; 16.3 Justice)
- Firms experiencing at least one bribe request (UN IC_FRM_BRIB; 16.5 Corruption)
- Birth registration completeness (WB SP.REG.BRTH.ZS; 16.9 Legal identity)
- Children who experienced physical punishment (UN VC_VAW_PHYPYV; 16.2 Violence against children)
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