Ireland Government Expense

Current and historical government expense data for Ireland, including latest value (19.24), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Ireland
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:04:56+02:00
Economy Data Rating
Ireland · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
A
78 / 100
Strong stability
Fiscal stability 23.8 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 18.9 / 20
External stability 5 / 15
Financial robustness 11.4 / 15
Structural stability 7.1 / 10
Future capacity 8.1 / 10
Demographic capacity 3.8 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 80% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1972–2022 19722022
1972 2022
Selected year: 2022 · Value: n/a 2022

Ireland · government expense as a percentage of gdp.

1972–2022
19.24 percent of GDP
22.26 percent of GDP
25.98 percent of GDP
56 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1972 1982 1992 2002 2012 2022
government expense rate reference line

Countries by government expense

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Ukraine 65.56 high
Greece 47.3 high
Italy 47.28 high
France 47.26 high
Austria 46.03 high
Finland 44.93 medium
Slovenia 42.87 medium
Hungary 42.42 medium

Interpretation

short note

This public finance indicator helps assess fiscal capacity, budget pressure and the role of government.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Germany 31.17
France 47.26
Japan 20.93

Related indicators

internal links
Government Revenue GC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Fiscal Balance GC.BAL.CASH.GD.ZS
Tax Revenue GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:04:56+02:00

Ireland Snapshot

country profile
Population 5.4 m
GDP 609.16 bn
Debt/GDP n/a
Inflation 2.11%
Unemployment 4.63%
Currency n/a
Region Europe
Income group High income

Ireland Government Expense: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Government Expense for Ireland. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: ireland government expense rate, government expense data ireland, ireland government expense statistics, ireland percent of gdp.