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Ireland

IE · IRL · #118 · 20 cities

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Key indicators

GDP per capita (PPP) (2031)
$189,005
GDP (2031)
$924.1B
GDP growth (2031)
2.3% →
Inflation (2031)
2.0% →
Unemployment (2031)
5.0% ↑
Population (2031)
5.8M
Population growth (2031)
0.8% ↓
Gini index (2023)
29.0
Government debt (2031)
28.0% of GDP
Current account (2031)
7.7% of GDP
FDI inflows (2024)
$4.8B
Life expectancy (2024)
83.0 yrs
Health spending (2024)
6.9% of GDP
Internet users (2024)
97.2%
Mobile subscriptions (2024)
112.6/100
Trade openness (2025)
240.0% of GDP
Exchange rate (2025)
0.89/USD
Foreign reserves (2025)
$13.7B
Source: World Bank + IMF World Economic Outlook. Most recent data: 2031.

GDP overview

Nominal GDP and real growth. Dashed = IMF forecast.

GDP per capita (PPP)

Purchasing power parity adjusted, in international dollars

Inflation (CPI)

Unemployment

ILO modeled estimate

Population

Fiscal and trade

Government debt (2031)
28.0% of GDP
Current account (2031)
7.7% of GDP
FDI inflows (2024)
$4.8B

Income inequality (Gini)

Gini index (2023)
0.29
Assessment
Low inequality
Source: World Bank PIP via OWID. 0 = perfect equality, 1 = maximum inequality.

Business environment

New business density (2024)
6.65/1k
Tax revenue (2024)
17.9% of GDP
Services sector (2025)
56.7% of GDP

Financial access and costs

ATMs per 100k (2024)
30.2
Bank branches per 100k (2022)
13.2
ICT service exports (2024)
57.4%
Goods and services tax (2024)
6.3%

Historical data

Historical economic data
Year GDP GDP/cap PPP Growth Inflation Unemp. Population Gini Debt Curr. acct FDI Life exp. Health Internet FX rate
2031 * $924.1B $189,005 2.3% 2.0% 5.0% 5.8M - 28.0% 7.7% - - - - -
2030 * $893.8B $184,311 2.3% 2.0% 4.9% 5.8M - 28.0% 8.0% - - - - -
2029 * $864.9B $179,852 2.4% 2.0% 4.9% 5.7M - 28.4% 8.0% - - - - -
2028 * $838.3B $175,785 2.6% 1.9% 4.8% 5.7M - 29.1% 8.0% - - - - -
2027 * $808.6B $171,067 2.4% 2.4% 4.8% 5.6M - 30.3% 8.1% - - - - -
2026 * $779.4B $166,408 2.5% 3.1% 4.8% 5.6M - 31.6% 8.1% - - - - -
2025 $718.1B $155,089 12.3% 2.1% 4.7% 5.5M - 32.9% 8.2% - - - - 0.89
2024 $609.0B $140,779 2.6% 1.3% 4.3% 5.4M - 38.3% 16.2% $4.8B 83.0 6.9% 97.2% 0.92
2023 $567.5B $133,440 -2.5% 5.2% 4.3% 5.3M 29.0 41.8% 7.0% -$140.0B 82.8 6.6% 96.9% 0.92
2022 $548.8B $138,465 7.5% 8.1% 4.5% 5.2M 29.9 42.9% 8.8% -$35.6B 82.5 6.0% 95.0% 0.95
2021 $530.7B $116,703 16.3% 2.4% 6.3% 5.1M 29.4 52.4% 12.2% $77.7B 82.3 6.4% 93.5% 0.85
2020 $435.7B $97,677 7.2% -0.5% 5.9% 5.1M 29.2 56.9% -7.1% $35.3B 82.5 7.0% 92.0% 0.88
2019 $407.3B $92,042 5.0% 0.9% 5.0% 5.0M 30.3 55.8% -20.7% $31.3B 82.7 6.6% 87.0% 0.89
2018 $396.0B $86,369 7.7% 0.7% 5.8% 4.9M 30.6 61.3% 4.3% $80.6B 82.2 6.8% 87.0% 0.85
2017 $348.2B $80,409 10.1% 0.3% 6.8% 4.8M 31.4 65.2% 1.1% $71.1B 82.2 6.9% 84.1% 0.89
2016 $305.3B $72,941 1.2% -0.2% 8.4% 4.8M 32.8 72.7% -1.2% $79.8B 81.7 7.3% 83.5% 0.90
2015 $302.1B $71,520 24.6% 0.0% 9.9% 4.7M 31.8 74.0% 6.1% $226.0B 81.5 7.1% 83.5% 0.90
2014 $266.6B $52,582 9.4% 0.3% 11.9% 4.7M 31.9 101.4% 2.1% $104.9B 81.4 9.2% 83.5% 0.75
2013 $242.9B $48,763 2.2% 0.5% 13.8% 4.6M 33.5 117.7% 2.4% $72.5B 81.0 10.0% 78.3% 0.75
2012 $227.1B $46,654 -0.4% 1.9% 15.5% 4.6M 33.2 118.9% -3.4% $58.1B 80.9 10.5% 76.9% 0.78
2011 $240.9B $45,458 1.6% 1.2% 15.4% 4.6M 32.9 109.6% -1.7% $23.7B 80.8 10.5% 74.9% 0.72
2010 $221.9B $43,163 1.7% -1.6% 14.6% 4.6M 32.3 86.2% -1.3% $37.7B 80.7 10.5% 69.9% 0.75
2009 $236.2B $41,491 -5.1% -1.7% 12.7% 4.5M 32.7 61.8% -4.7% $54.0B 80.2 10.5% 67.4% 0.72
2008 $275.4B $44,169 -4.5% 3.1% 6.8% 4.5M 30.9 42.5% -6.3% $23.3B 80.1 9.1% 65.3% 0.68
2007 $270.1B $46,782 5.3% 2.9% 5.0% 4.4M 31.9 23.9% -6.5% $59.9B 79.6 7.8% 61.2% 0.73
2006 $232.2B $44,223 5.0% 2.7% 4.8% 4.3M 32.7 23.7% -5.4% $22.1B 79.2 7.5% 54.8% 0.80
2005 $212.0B $40,466 5.7% 2.2% 4.6% 4.2M 33.8 26.1% -3.5% $47.0B 78.9 7.6% 41.6% 0.80
Source: World Bank + IMF World Economic Outlook. * = IMF forecast.

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