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Ireland: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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

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

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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