Goods and services expense (% of expense) in Ireland
Ireland: Goods and services expense (% of expense) was 14.4% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Goods and services expense in Ireland, 1972–2022
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
In 2022, goods and services expense in Ireland stood at 14.4%. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.6% on the previous year and up 48.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, goods and services expense in Ireland peaked at 14.4% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 4.2%, in 1996.
Ireland ranks 78th of 154 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Goods and services expense (% of expense) in Ireland, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 6.9% | — |
| 1973 | 7.0% | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 7.1% | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 6.5% | -9.0% |
| 1976 | 6.2% | -4.7% |
| 1977 | 6.4% | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 6.0% | -5.2% |
| 1979 | 6.0% | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 5.9% | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 5.7% | -4.5% |
| 1982 | 5.3% | -7.1% |
| 1983 | 5.6% | +5.6% |
| 1984 | 5.4% | -3.1% |
| 1985 | 5.2% | -2.6% |
| 1986 | 5.7% | +8.7% |
| 1987 | 5.3% | -7.6% |
| 1988 | 5.0% | -4.6% |
| 1989 | 5.3% | +5.4% |
| 1990 | 4.8% | -9.1% |
| 1991 | 4.8% | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 5.0% | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 4.6% | -9.0% |
| 1994 | 4.5% | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 4.3% | -4.6% |
| 1996 | 4.2% | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 4.5% | +6.5% |
| 1998 | 5.2% | +16.9% |
| 1999 | 5.4% | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 5.9% | +9.8% |
| 2001 | 6.3% | +6.4% |
| 2002 | 5.8% | -7.4% |
| 2003 | 5.9% | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 5.9% | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 11.0% | +85.6% |
| 2006 | 11.1% | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 11.6% | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 11.0% | -4.8% |
| 2009 | 10.6% | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 7.0% | -34.5% |
| 2011 | 9.3% | +34.2% |
| 2012 | 9.7% | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 10.0% | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 10.5% | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 10.7% | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 11.5% | +7.3% |
| 2017 | 11.8% | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 11.7% | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 12.5% | +6.8% |
| 2020 | 12.5% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 13.5% | +7.3% |
| 2022 | 14.4% | +6.6% |
Ireland compared with similar countries
- Ireland's 14.4% is above the median for high income countries, which is 9.6%, 1.5× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Ireland's 14.4% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 9.0%, 1.6× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Goods and services expense (% of expense) in Ireland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +85.6% | 5.9% | 11.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6.5% | 6.0% | 7.1% | 8 |
| 1980s | 5.4% | 5.0% | 5.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.7% | 4.2% | 5.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.5% | 5.8% | 11.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.5% | 7.0% | 12.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.5% | 12.5% | 14.4% | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is goods and services expense in Ireland?
- Goods and services expense in Ireland was 14.4% in 2022, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest goods and services expense recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 14.4% in 2022.
- What is the lowest goods and services expense recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.2% in 1996.
- How does Ireland rank for goods and services expense?
- Ireland ranks 78th out of 154 countries with data for 2022.
- Is goods and services expense rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ireland data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Goods and services expense (% of expense). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Goods and services include all government payments in exchange for goods and services used for the production of market and nonmarket goods and services. Use of goods and services for own account capital formation is excluded. This indicator is expressed as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.