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Ireland: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1926–2025 · 94 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2025
21.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−1.3 pointsfrom 22.3%
Average, 2016–2025
23.8%10 years
Record high and low
64.9% (2010)low 15.9% (1945)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203123.8Forecast
203023.2Forecast
202922.5Forecast
202821.7Forecast
202721.0Forecast
202620.9Forecast
202521.0
202422.3
202322.1
202220.6
202123.5
202026.8
201923.9
201824.7
201725.3
201627.5

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1926–2023
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1972–2024
  • OECD Economic Outlook1990–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1995–2024
  • AMECO (European Commission)1995–2025
  • Eurostat1995–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031
  • AMECO (forecast)2025–2027
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027

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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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