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Ireland: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1922–2025 · 104 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2025
32.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−5.4 pointsfrom 38.3%
Average, 2016–2025
52.0%10 years
Record high and low
118.9% (2012)low 10.5% (1922)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203127.5Forecast
203027.5Forecast
202927.8Forecast
202828.5Forecast
202729.7Forecast
202630.4Forecast
202532.9
202438.3
202341.8
202243.0
202152.4
202056.9
201955.8
201861.3
201765.2
201672.7

Sources

  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1922–2020
  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1929–2015
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1929–2023
  • AMECO (European Commission)1970–2025
  • IMF Global Debt Database1979–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1995–2024
  • Eurostat1995–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1995–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031
  • AMECO (forecast)2025–2027
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027

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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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