Ireland's UN SDG's - Goal 9 Industry Innovation and Infrastructure 2026

Additional Information

The 17 UN SDGs are a set of global development targets adopted by the United Nations (UN) member countries in September 2015 to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. The UN SDGs are driving the global development agenda towards Agenda 2030.

The Sustainable Development Goals National Implementation Plan 2018-2020 is in direct response to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and provides a whole-of-government approach to implement the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Ireland’s Second National Implementation Plan for the Sustainable Development Goals 2022 – 2024 updates this first report.

This publication for 'Goal 9 Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure' has eight targets measured by 12 SDG indicators.

SDG 9.b.1 - Classification of MHT industries by ISIC Rev.3 and ISIC Rev.4

SDG 9.b.1 - Classification of MHT industries by ISIC1 Rev.3 and ISIC Rev.4

ISIC Rev.4	Description	ISIC Rev.3	Description
20	Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products	24	Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
21	Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations	29	Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
252	Manufacture of weapons and ammunition	30	Manufacture of office, accounting and computing machinery
26	Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products	31	Manufacture of electrical machinery and apparatus n.e.c.
27	Manufacture of electrical equipment	32	Manufacture of radio, television and communication equipment and apparatus
28	Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.	33	Manufacture of medical, precision and optical instruments, watches and clocks
29	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	34	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
302	Manufacture of other transport equipment	353	Manufacture of other transport equipment
325	Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies
Source: UN Statistics Division
1International Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 3 (1990) or Revision 4 (2008)
2Excluding 301 (Building of ships and boats)
3Excluding 351 (Building and repairing of ships and boats)

Ireland's Population Distribution

For reference the population per county is based on the Census of Population 2022 data as follows:

NUTS Regions

	Northern & Western NUTS2 Region		Southern NUTS2 Region		Eastern & Midland NUTS2 Region
NUTS3 Regions	Border	Cavan Donegal Leitrim Monaghan Sligo	Mid-West	Clare Limerick Tipperary	Dublin	Dublin City Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Fingal South Dublin
			South-East	Carlow Kilkenny Waterford Wexford	Mid-East	Kildare Louth Meath Wicklow
	West	Galway Mayo Roscommon	South-West	Cork Kerry	Midland	Laois Longford Offaly Westmeath

List of Government Departments

Government department details are found in the list of Government Departments.

Tier Classification for Global UN SDG Indicators

All indicators data are classified by the IAEG-SDGs into three tiers based on their level of methodological development and the availability of data at the global level.

Tier Classification Criteria/Definitions:
Tier 1: Indicator is conceptually clear, has an internationally established methodology and standards are available, and data are regularly produced by countries for at least 50 per cent of countries and of the population in every region where the indicator is relevant.
Tier 2: Indicator is conceptually clear, has an internationally established methodology and standards are available, but data are not regularly produced by countries.
Tier 3: No internationally established methodology or standards are yet available for the indicator, but methodology/standards are being (or will be) developed or tested.

SDG Policy Map

 The SDG Policy Map is published by Dept. Climate, Energy & Environment. Click on this link to view the SDG Policy Map.

Targets and Indicators

The UN SDG Indicators metadata repository provides information on the Goal 9 Targets and Indicators.