Ireland Government Debt Over Time (1995–2026)

Global Statistics and Country Indicators

Government Gross Debt (% of GDP)

Global rank: 146 / 184

Data table

1995	78.5%	2006	23.7%	2017	65.2%
1996	69.8%	2007	23.9%	2018	61.3%
1997	61.6%	2008	42.5%	2019	55.8%
1998	51.4%	2009	61.8%	2020	56.9%
1999	46.6%	2010	86.2%	2021	52.4%
2000	36.4%	2011	109.6%	2022	42.9%
2001	33.6%	2012	118.9%	2023	41.8%
2002	30.9%	2013	117.7%	2024	38.3%
2003	29.8%	2014	101.4%	2025	32.9%
2004	28.1%	2015	74%	2026	31.6%
2005	26.1%	2016	72.7%

Government Gross Debt (Local currency - EUR)

Data table

1990	34.19B	2000	39.51B	2009	104.7B	2018	205.6B
1991	36B	2001	41B	2010	144.2B	2019	202.9B
1992	37.04B	2002	42.01B	2011	189.7B	2020	217.2B
1993	41.13B	2003	43.43B	2012	210B	2021	235.2B
1994	41.67B	2004	43.91B	2013	215.2B	2022	223.6B
1995	43.06B	2005	44.38B	2014	203.4B	2023	219.1B
1996	42.06B	2006	43.74B	2015	201.6B	2024	215.4B
1997	42.74B	2007	47.2B	2016	200.6B	2025	209.4B
1998	41.35B	2008	79.62B	2017	201.1B	2026	209B
1999	43.21B

Government Net Debt (% of GDP)

Global rank: 71 / 86

Data table

1998	44.1%	2008	22.8%	2018	52.5%
1999	34.2%	2009	37%	2019	47.7%
2000	24.6%	2010	66.7%	2020	48.4%
2001	20.9%	2011	78.6%	2021	41.1%
2002	22.7%	2012	86.7%	2022	37.1%
2003	22.1%	2013	88.9%	2023	36.8%
2004	19.8%	2014	84%	2024	31.3%
2005	17.6%	2015	63.7%	2025	26.3%
2006	14.5%	2016	64.1%	2026	22.5%
2007	14.4%	2017	56.7%

Government Net Debt (Local currency - EUR)

Data table

1998	35.43B	2008	42.65B	2018	176.1B
1999	31.7B	2009	62.65B	2019	173.6B
2000	26.65B	2010	111.5B	2020	184.8B
2001	25.48B	2011	136.1B	2021	184.4B
2002	30.84B	2012	153.2B	2022	193B
2003	32.11B	2013	162.7B	2023	193.1B
2004	30.97B	2014	168.5B	2024	176.2B
2005	30.02B	2015	173.5B	2025	167.3B
2006	26.8B	2016	176.9B	2026	148.4B
2007	28.33B	2017	174.8B