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Ireland

75 series · 1800–2025 · High income · Europe & Central Asia

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National accounts

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Nominal GDPMillions of local currencynGDP1861–2025554,784 (2025)
Nominal GDP (USD)Millions of US dollarsnGDP_USD1861–2025625,670 (2025)
Real GDPMillions of local currencyrGDP1913–2025471,503 (2025)
Real GDP per capitaConstant local currency per personrGDP_pc1913–202586,580 (2025)
Real GDP (USD)Millions of US dollarsrGDP_USD1921–2025522,791 (2025)
DeflatorIndex, 2015 = 100deflator1913–2025117.7 (2025)
Real GDP per capita (USD)US dollars per personrGDP_pc_USD1921–202595,998 (2025)

Consumption and investment

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Total consumptionMillions of local currencycons1950–2025230,764 (2025)
Total consumption (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcons_GDP1950–202541.6 (2025)
Total consumption (USD)Millions of US dollarscons_USD1950–2025260,249 (2025)
Household consumptionMillions of local currencyhcons1950–2025159,683 (2025)
Household consumption (% of GDP)Percent of GDPhcons_GDP1950–202528.8 (2025)
Household consumption (USD)Millions of US dollarshcons_USD1950–2025180,086 (2025)
Government consumptionMillions of local currencygcons1950–202571,009 (2025)
Government consumption (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgcons_GDP1950–202512.8 (2025)
Government consumption (USD)Millions of US dollarsgcons_USD1950–202580,082 (2025)
Gross capital formationMillions of local currencyinv1938–2025117,217 (2025)
Gross capital formation (% of GDP)Percent of GDPinv_GDP1938–202521.1 (2025)
Gross capital formation (USD)Millions of US dollarsinv_USD1938–2025132,194 (2025)
Gross fixed capital formationMillions of local currencyfinv1960–2025139,397 (2025)
Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP)Percent of GDPfinv_GDP1960–202525.1 (2025)
Gross fixed capital formation (USD)Millions of US dollarsfinv_USD1960–2025157,208 (2025)

External sector

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
ExportsMillions of local currencyexports1922–2025822,926 (2025)
Exports (% of GDP)Percent of GDPexports_GDP1922–2025148.3 (2025)
Exports (USD)Millions of US dollarsexports_USD1922–2025928,072 (2025)
ImportsMillions of local currencyimports1922–2025620,271 (2025)
Imports (% of GDP)Percent of GDPimports_GDP1922–2025111.8 (2025)
Imports (USD)Millions of US dollarsimports_USD1922–2025699,524 (2025)
Current accountMillions of local currencyCA1938–202543,992 (2025)
Current account (% of GDP)Percent of GDPCA_GDP1938–20257.93 (2025)
USD exchange rateLocal currency per US dollarUSDfx1800–20250.887 (2025)
Real effective exchange rateIndex, 2015 = 100REER1923–2025102.5 (2025)
Current account (USD)Millions of US dollarsCA_USD1938–202549,613 (2025)

Government finances

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Government expenditureMillions of local currencygovexp1926–2025116,505 (2025)
General government expenditureMillions of local currencygen_govexp1926–2025116,505 (2025)
General government expenditure (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govexp_GDP1926–202521.0 (2025)
Central government expenditureMillions of local currencycgovexp1938–202599,306 (2025)
Central government expenditure (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovexp_GDP1938–202517.9 (2025)
Government revenueMillions of local currencygovrev1926–2025126,491 (2025)
General government revenueMillions of local currencygen_govrev1926–2025126,491 (2025)
Central government revenueMillions of local currencycgovrev1938–2025105,964 (2025)
General government revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govrev_GDP1926–202522.8 (2025)
Central government revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovrev_GDP1938–202519.1 (2025)
Government tax revenueMillions of local currencygovtax1947–2025118,242 (2025)
General government tax revenueMillions of local currencygen_govtax1972–2025118,242 (2025)
Central government tax revenueMillions of local currencycgovtax1947–202497,805 (2024)
General government tax revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govtax_GDP1972–202521.3 (2025)
Central government tax revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovtax_GDP1947–202418.9 (2024)
Government deficit (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovdef_GDP1926–20251.80 (2025)
General government deficit (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govdef_GDP1926–20251.80 (2025)
General government deficitMillions of local currencygen_govdef1926–20259,986 (2025)
Central government deficit (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovdef_GDP1947–20251.20 (2025)
Central government deficitMillions of local currencycgovdef1947–20256,657 (2025)
Government debt (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovdebt_GDP1922–202532.9 (2025)
General government debt (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govdebt_GDP1922–202532.9 (2025)
General government debtMillions of local currencygen_govdebt1922–2025182,329 (2025)
Central government debt (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovdebt_GDP1924–202444.8 (2024)
Central government debtMillions of local currencycgovdebt1924–2024231,782 (2024)
Government debtMillions of local currencygovdebt1922–2025182,329 (2025)
Government deficitMillions of local currencygovdef1926–20259,986 (2025)
Government expenditure (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovexp_GDP1926–202521.0 (2025)
Government revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovrev_GDP1926–202522.8 (2025)
Government tax revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovtax_GDP1947–202521.3 (2025)

Money and interest rates

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Short-term interest ratePercentstrate1920–20252.18 (2025)
Long-term interest ratePercentltrate1922–20252.89 (2025)
Central bank policy ratePercentcbrate1942–20243.56 (2024)
M0 (monetary base)Millions of local currencyM01833–201012,966 (2010)
M1Millions of local currencyM11920–2020254,895 (2020)
M2Millions of local currencyM21920–2020299,294 (2020)

Prices and labor markets

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
House price indexIndex, 2015 = 100HPI1945–2025196.9 (2025)
Real house price indexIndex, 2015 = 100rHPI1945–2025158.5 (2025)
Consumer price indexIndex, 2015 = 100CPI1914–2025124.2 (2025)
InflationPercentinfl1922–20252.21 (2025)
PopulationMillions of peoplepop1800–20255.45 (2025)
Unemployment ratePercentunemp1923–20254.65 (2025)

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →