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Government budget balance to GDP in Ireland

Latest: 4.4%
Previous: 1.6%
Change: +2.82 (+176.9%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2024
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Percent

Government budget balance to GDP over time

Annual, Percent, Not seasonally adjusted

Source: World Bank Recession

Observations for Government budget balance to GDP in Ireland
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1966	—
Dec 31, 1967	—
Dec 31, 1968	—
Dec 31, 1969	—
Dec 31, 1970	—
Dec 31, 1971	—
Dec 31, 1972	-2.1%
Dec 31, 1973	-2.1%
Dec 31, 1974	-4.4%
Dec 31, 1975	-7.7%
Dec 31, 1976	-5.1%
Dec 31, 1977	-5.0%
Dec 31, 1978	-7.0%
Dec 31, 1979	-7.7%
Dec 31, 1980	-8.1%
Dec 31, 1981	-8.9%
Dec 31, 1982	-9.8%
Dec 31, 1983	-8.4%
Dec 31, 1984	-7.0%
Dec 31, 1985	-8.6%
Dec 31, 1986	-8.5%
Dec 31, 1987	-7.7%
Dec 31, 1988	-4.2%
Dec 31, 1989	-1.9%
Dec 31, 1990	-2.4%
Dec 31, 1991	-2.4%
Dec 31, 1992	-2.6%
Dec 31, 1993	-2.7%
Dec 31, 1994	-2.3%
Dec 31, 1995	-2.0%
Dec 31, 1996	-0.1%
Dec 31, 1997	1.4%
Dec 31, 1998	2.2%
Dec 31, 1999	3.6%
Dec 31, 2000	5.0%
Dec 31, 2001	1.4%
Dec 31, 2002	-0.2%
Dec 31, 2003	0.1%
Dec 31, 2004	1.2%
Dec 31, 2005	1.4%
Dec 31, 2006	2.6%
Dec 31, 2007	0.5%
Dec 31, 2008	-6.7%
Dec 31, 2009	-13.8%
Dec 31, 2010	-32.1%
Dec 31, 2011	-13.3%
Dec 31, 2012	-8.3%
Dec 31, 2013	-6.2%
Dec 31, 2014	-3.6%
Dec 31, 2015	-2.1%
Dec 31, 2016	-0.8%
Dec 31, 2017	-0.3%
Dec 31, 2018	0.1%
Dec 31, 2019	0.6%
Dec 31, 2020	-4.8%
Dec 31, 2021	-1.2%
Dec 31, 2022	1.7%
Dec 31, 2023	1.6%
Dec 31, 2024	4.4%
Dec 31, 2025	—

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