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SDG 9

Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Build resilient infrastructure and foster innovation.

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Ireland: SDG achieved· Moderately improving

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

  • •Develop quality, reliable, resilient infrastructure for all
  • •Promote inclusive, sustainable industrialisation
  • •Boost scientific research and innovation, especially in developing countries

Simplified from the UN's official targets for this goal.

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Goal 9 score, by country

Ireland Other countries
1Liechtenstein
99.4/100
2Switzerland
99.1/100
3Korea, Rep.
98.5/100
4Japan
97/100
5Austria
94.8/100
···
14Ireland
87.2/100
···
163Chad
17.3/100
164Burkina Faso
16.7/100
165Papua New Guinea
14.7/100
166Gambia, The
10.8/100
167Yemen, Rep.
8.8/100

Ireland is in rank group 14 of 167 (out of 167 countries with a score for this goal).

What makes up Ireland's score (87 out of 100)

The average of 7 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.

  • 9.2 Industrialisation · Manufacturing value added33.9% of GDP (2025)
    100
  • 9.b Advanced industry · Medium and high-tech share of manufacturing54.3% (2022)
    100
  • 9.4 Clean industry · CO2 emissions per unit of manufacturing output0 kg CO2 per $ (2023)
    100
  • 9.c Mobile access · Population covered by a 4G mobile network99.8% (2024)
    100
  • 9.5 Researchers · Researchers in R&D5,753 per million people (2023)
    97
  • 9.5 Research spending · Research and development spending1.6% of GDP (2023)
    61
  • 9.3 Small-business finance · Small industries with a loan or credit line35.6% (2024)
    52

Not covered: Road and transport access (9.1) and development aid for infrastructure (9.a) have no usable country-level 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 (7 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: Road and transport access (9.1) and development aid for infrastructure (9.a) have no usable country-level data. How the scores are built →

County-level data isn't published for this goal yet — Ireland's CSO currently only breaks a handful of SDG indicators down by county.

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