Ireland — Current account (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1938–2030 · 93 observations

About this series

The current account balance records a country's net transactions with the rest of the world in goods, services, primary income, and secondary income. A balance can be positive, negative, or zero. This series expresses the aggregate as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.

In Ireland, the current account reading was 13% of GDP in 2025, compared with 12.8% of GDP in 2024. The period change was +0.18 percentage points. The latest reading was above the selected 10-year average of 3.13% of GDP.

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  • Annual data, 1938–2030
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Latest observations

2012–2030

PeriodValue
20309.64 % of GDP
202910.3 % of GDP
202810.8 % of GDP
20277.31 % of GDP
202613.4 % of GDP
14 earlier values, back to 2012
202513 % of GDP
202412.8 % of GDP
20238.08 % of GDP
20228.77 % of GDP
202112.2 % of GDP
2020-7.06 % of GDP
2019-20.8 % of GDP
20184.29 % of GDP
20171.14 % of GDP
2016-1.25 % of GDP
20156.14 % of GDP
20142.07 % of GDP
20132.4 % of GDP
2012-3.36 % of GDP
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.