Ireland - Central government debt

Central government debt, total (current LCU)

The value for Central government debt, total (current LCU) in Ireland was 230,468,000,000 as of 2016. As the graph below shows, over the past 18 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 236,396,000,000 in 2013 and a minimum value of 42,163,000,000 in 2000.

Definition: Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1998 48,266,000,000
1999 45,599,000,000
2000 42,163,000,000
2001 42,752,000,000
2002 45,897,000,000
2003 47,203,000,000
2004 48,270,000,000
2005 52,398,000,000
2006 50,027,000,000
2007 53,192,000,000
2008 87,890,000,000
2009 113,452,000,000
2010 138,551,000,000
2011 192,132,000,000
2012 227,798,000,000
2013 236,396,000,000
2014 236,301,000,000
2015 232,665,000,000
2016 230,468,000,000

Central government debt, total (% of GDP)

Central government debt, total (% of GDP) in Ireland was 85.34 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 18 years was 131.76 in 2013, while its lowest value was 26.99 in 2007.

Definition: Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1998 60.01
1999 49.14
2000 38.86
2001 35.02
2002 33.75
2003 32.42
2004 30.89
2005 30.77
2006 27.05
2007 26.99
2008 46.93
2009 66.93
2010 82.78
2011 111.91
2012 129.79
2013 131.76
2014 121.22
2015 88.53
2016 85.34

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance