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Ireland: Government consumption (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2025 · 76 observations · forecasts to 2027 · gcons_GDP

2025
12.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.1 pointsfrom 12.9%
Average, 2016–2025
12.1%10 years
Record high and low
20.6% (1981)low 11.0% (2022)

Government consumption (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202712.7Forecast
202612.6Forecast
202512.8
202412.9
202312.4
202211.0
202111.7
202012.6
201911.8
201811.8
201711.9
201612.5

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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