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    Life in Northern Ireland v the rest of the UK: what does the data say?

    May 02, 2021 3 minutes

    One hundred years to the day after its foundation on 3 May 1921, Northern Ireland is outdoing the rest of the United Kingdom on many metrics.

    The UK’s smallest country has had the lowest unemployment rate on the British Isles for six consecutive quarters, reaching a record low in late 2019; tourism was booming pre-Covid; and it has the highest levels of wellbeing in the OECD.

    It is the only region of the UK where the proportion of people in (after housing costs) is below 10%, while the number of children living in poverty has fallen in

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