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Ireland: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1947–2025 · 37 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2025
1.20%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−2.6 pointsfrom 3.80%
Average, 2016–2025
0.08%10 years
Record high and low
4.40% (2000)low −31.5% (2010)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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-40%-30%-20%-10%0%10%19501960197019801990200020102020IrelandIreland, 1947: -2.56%Ireland
Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20251.20
20243.80
20231.10
20221.40
2021-1.10
2020-4.00
20190.10
2018-0.20
2017-0.50
2016-1.00

Sources

  • Mitchell1947
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1990–2024
  • World Development Indicators1990–2024
  • Eurostat1995–2025

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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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