SDG 16

Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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Promote peaceful and inclusive societies.

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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 2026-09-29.

What makes up this score

The real, underlying figures 🇮🇪 Ireland's SDSN score for this goal is built from — not the 0-100 score itself, the actual measurements behind it.

Homicides (per 100,000 population): 0.7
Crime is effectively controlled (worst 0-1 best): 0.9
Unsentenced detainees (% of prison population): 19.7
Birth registrations with civil authority (% of children under age 5): 100
Corruption Perceptions Index (worst 0-100 best): 76
Children involved in child labor (%): 0
Exports of major conventional weapons (TIV per 100,000 population): 0.5
Press Freedom Index (worst 0-100 best): 85.9
Access to and affordability of justice (worst 0-1 best): 0.7
Timeliness of administrative proceedings (worst 0-1 best): 0.7
Expropriations are lawful and adequately compensated (worst 0-1 best): 0.9
Persons held in prison (per 100,000 population): 91

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

Compare with

Ireland Other countries

1Singapore

99.7/100

2Bulgaria

99.5/100

3Kuwait

98.7/100

4Lithuania

98.5/100

5Slovak Republic

98.4/100

···

12Ireland

96.8/100

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177Haiti

24.1/100

178Yemen, Rep.

22.2/100

179Nigeria

21.1/100

180Congo, Dem. Rep.

6.3/100

181Chad

4.4/100

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)

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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