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Ireland: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1924–2024 · 101 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
44.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−4.9 pointsfrom 49.7%
Average, 2015–2024
62.0%10 years
Record high and low
122.4% (2012)low 5.85% (1924)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202444.8
202349.7
202249.0
202158.9
202063.9
201963.4
201869.3
201768.3
201675.7
201577.0

Sources

  • Reinhart & Rogoff1924–2010
  • IMF Global Debt Database1950–2024
  • WDI (archive)1978–1980

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Ireland documentation (PDF)

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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 →

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