Ireland - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Ireland was 79,003,220,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 104,385,000,000 in 2010 and a minimum value of 920,560,100 in 1972.

Definition: Expense is cash payments for operating activities of the government in providing goods and services. It includes compensation of employees (such as wages and salaries), interest and subsidies, grants, social benefits, and other expenses such as rent and dividends.

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

Year Value
1972 920,560,100
1973 1,111,021,000
1974 1,352,271,000
1975 1,895,719,000
1976 2,359,173,000
1977 2,792,154,000
1978 3,429,563,000
1979 4,196,484,000
1980 5,414,163,000
1981 6,876,901,000
1982 8,756,113,000
1983 9,865,865,000
1984 10,604,850,000
1985 11,713,330,000
1986 12,202,180,000
1987 12,958,950,000
1988 12,932,280,000
1989 12,363,440,000
1990 13,529,060,000
1991 14,581,670,000
1992 15,683,810,000
1993 16,961,160,000
1994 17,992,190,000
1995 20,374,930,000
1996 21,267,290,000
1997 22,953,630,000
1998 25,010,740,000
1999 27,288,940,000
2000 30,041,060,000
2001 35,381,080,000
2002 40,084,340,000
2003 43,273,020,000
2004 46,438,050,000
2005 51,816,150,000
2006 56,698,650,000
2007 62,920,310,000
2008 69,424,730,000
2009 74,662,710,000
2010 104,385,000,000
2011 75,969,740,000
2012 70,252,310,000
2013 68,990,620,000
2014 68,573,290,000
2015 72,066,980,000
2016 70,695,520,000
2017 73,235,810,000
2018 76,782,570,000
2019 79,003,220,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Ireland was 22.16 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 62.37 in 2010, while its lowest value was 22.16 in 2019.

Definition: Expense is cash payments for operating activities of the government in providing goods and services. It includes compensation of employees (such as wages and salaries), interest and subsidies, grants, social benefits, and other expenses such as rent and dividends.

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

See also:

Year Value
1972 28.66
1973 28.65
1974 31.53
1975 34.82
1976 35.32
1977 34.10
1978 35.36
1979 36.92
1980 40.29
1981 42.17
1982 45.58
1983 46.50
1984 45.03
1985 45.86
1986 45.03
1987 44.71
1988 41.08
1989 35.17
1990 35.74
1991 37.12
1992 37.58
1993 37.63
1994 37.12
1995 37.21
1996 35.36
1997 33.07
1998 31.10
1999 29.41
2000 27.69
2001 28.98
2002 29.47
2003 29.73
2004 29.72
2005 30.43
2006 30.66
2007 31.93
2008 37.07
2009 44.04
2010 62.37
2011 44.25
2012 40.03
2013 38.45
2014 35.18
2015 27.42
2016 26.18
2017 24.66
2018 23.55
2019 22.16

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance