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Ireland: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1938–2025 · 83 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
17.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−1.1 pointsfrom 19.0%
Average, 2016–2025
20.1%10 years
Record high and low
58.5% (2010)low 17.4% (2022)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202517.9
202419.0
202318.9
202217.4
202120.0
202022.3
201920.0
201820.9
201721.3
201623.3

Sources

  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1938–2020
  • Mitchell1947
  • World Development Indicators1972–2022
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1990–2024
  • 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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