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Ireland: Government debt (% of GDP)

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

Government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203126.9Forecast
203026.9Forecast
202927.2Forecast
202827.9Forecast
202729.0Forecast
202631.1Forecast
202532.9
202438.3
202341.8
202243.0
202152.4
202056.9
201955.8
201861.3
201765.2
201672.7

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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