In honor of St. Patrick’s Day (and my oldest son who is named Patrick), here is how Ireland positively ranks against other countries using various criteria.
2 – Global Food Security – food affordability, availability, quality and safety, and sustainability and adaptation (Source)
6 – Intelligent Transformation – adoption of big data, artificial intelligence and the internet of things (Source)
6 – Energy Equity – provides reliable access to affordable energy (Source)
7 – World Competitiveness – competitiveness criteria using economic literature, international, national and regional sources (Source)
7 – Global Cities (top 10 in global cities outlook) – top world’s leading global cities, “engines of dynamism and innovation…health” (Source)
8 – Common Good of Humanity – contributes to the common good of humanity, and what it takes away, relative to its size (Source)
9 – Sustainable Development Goals – progress towards achieving UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) (Source)
10 – (lower number is better rank) Level of Perceived Corruption – perceived level of public sector corruption (Source)
13 – Social Progress – nutrition, sanitation, shelter, personal safety, access to information/basic knowledge/education, health, environmental quality, personal freedom and rights (Source)
18 – Global Resilience – business environment using economic, risk quality (i.e. climate) and supply chain core drivers (Source)
18 – Government AI Readiness – how ready the government is to implement AI in the delivery of public services to citizens (Source)
23 – Global Innovation – innovation capabilities (Source)
171 – (higher number is better rank) Fragility – fragility, risk and vulnerability (Source)
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