Expenditure, Transactions in Ireland
Ireland: Expenditure, Transactions was 133.83 billion in 2025. ▲ Rising
Expenditure, Transactions in Ireland, 2002–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 133.83 billion for expenditure, transactions in 2025. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.5% on the previous year and up 75.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, expenditure, transactions in Ireland peaked at 133.83 billion in 2025 and was at its lowest, 44.72 billion, in 2002.
Ireland ranks 24th of 35 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Expenditure, Transactions in Ireland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 44.72 billion | — |
| 2003 | 47.55 billion | +6.3% |
| 2004 | 51.29 billion | +7.9% |
| 2005 | 56.24 billion | +9.7% |
| 2006 | 62.06 billion | +10.4% |
| 2007 | 70.24 billion | +13.2% |
| 2008 | 77.83 billion | +10.8% |
| 2009 | 79.46 billion | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 108.63 billion | +36.7% |
| 2011 | 81.11 billion | -25.3% |
| 2012 | 74.67 billion | -7.9% |
| 2013 | 72.88 billion | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 73.32 billion | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 76.43 billion | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 75.92 billion | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 77.95 billion | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 82.94 billion | +6.4% |
| 2019 | 86.88 billion | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 102.45 billion | +17.9% |
| 2021 | 105.61 billion | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 107.40 billion | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 116.59 billion | +8.6% |
| 2024 | 125.69 billion | +7.8% |
| 2025 | 133.83 billion | +6.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 61.17 billion | 44.72 billion | 79.46 billion | 8 |
| 2010s | 81.07 billion | 72.88 billion | 108.63 billion | 10 |
| 2020s | 115.26 billion | 102.45 billion | 133.83 billion | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
More public sector data for Ireland
- Arms imports 63.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 11.86 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -74.29 % change on previous year (2020)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 63.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 246.58 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0022 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 4.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 1.33 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 914.5 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is expenditure, transactions in Ireland?
- Expenditure, transactions in Ireland was 133.83 billion in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest expenditure, transactions recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 133.83 billion in 2025.
- What is the lowest expenditure, transactions recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.72 billion in 2002.
- How does Ireland rank for expenditure, transactions?
- Ireland ranks 24th out of 35 countries with data for 2025.
- Is expenditure, transactions rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 75.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ireland data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Expenditure, Transactions (Statement of operations, General government). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Government Finance Statistics (GFS) includes government revenues and expenditures, government net lending / net borrowing (the surplus / deficit) financing transactions and balance sheet data on government assets and liabilities. Statistics are available for different levels of government including budgetary central government, central government and general government.