Ireland Ireland National Debt

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NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT Ireland 2022

Public debt in Ireland goes down

In 2022 Ireland public debt was 224,748 million euros236,864 million dollars, has decreased 11,37942,272 million since 2021.

This amount means that the debt in 2022 reached 44.4% of Ireland GDP, a 10 percentage point fall from 2021, when it was 54.4% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of Ireland debt. It has risen since 2012 in global debt terms, when it was 210,026 million euros 270,023 million dollars although it has fallen as a percentage of GDP, when it amounted to 119.9%.

According to the last data point published, Ireland per capita debt in 2022 was 42,635 euros44,934 dollars per inhabitant. In 2021 it was 46,665 euros 55,165 dollars, afterwards dropping by 4,030 euros 10,231dollars, and if we again check 2012 we can see that then the debt per person was 45,561 euros58,576 dollars .

The position of Ireland, as compared with the rest of the world, has improved in 2022 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 65 in the list of debt to GDP and 182 in debt per capita, out of the 191 we publish.

In this page we show you the progression of the public debt in Ireland. You can see debt in other countries in Public debt and see all the information about Ireland in economy of Ireland.

Ireland: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per Capita
2022Q4224,74844.40%€42,635
2022Q3236,11048.40%€46,662
2022Q2236,61050.50%€46,761
2022Q1235,18252.30%€46,479
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Ireland: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
2022224,748236,86444.40%€42,635$44,934
2021236,127279,13654.40%€46,665$55,165
2020217,885248,66158.10%€43,522$49,669
2019203,383228,38257.10%€40,968$46,004
2018205,848243,21162.90%€41,973$49,592
2017201,262227,29267.40%€41,666$47,055
2016200,635222,02474.40%€41,935$46,406
2015201,674223,78876.50%€42,671$47,350
2014203,382270,269104.00%€43,480$57,779
2013215,242286,031120.10%€46,410$61,673
2012210,026270,023119.90%€45,561$58,576
2011189,727264,045110.40%€41,341$57,535
2010144,230191,36586.20%€31,554$41,866
2009104,685145,85461.80%€23,011$32,060
200879,621117,09042.50%€17,610$25,897
200747,18364,67123.90%€10,584$14,507
200643,72454,90323.60%€10,074$12,650
200544,37155,23226.10%€10,544$13,125
200443,88954,56928.10%€10,674$13,272
200343,40949,09029.80%€10,775$12,185
200241,98739,67430.90%€10,592$10,008
200140,96936,69333.60%€10,506$9,409
200039,49436,49336.40%€10,304$9,521
199943,21346,10146.60%€11,439$12,204
199841,35346,43051.40%€11,081$12,441
199743,59951,08361.60%€11,805$13,831
199644,44753,02369.90%€12,161$14,507
199541,33354,38578.60%€11,418$15,023
199441,67349,15388.25%€11,584$13,663
199341,12847,95893.61%€11,478$13,384
199237,04149,73290.80%€10,377$13,933
199136,00445,79494.01%€10,149$12,909
199034,19444,65892.90%€9,712$12,684
198933,33037,24098.17%€9,504$10,619
198832,68139,275106.78%€9,297$11,173
198731,09736,441108.55%€8,797$10,309
198628,82030,577107.51%€8,129$8,625
198523,45519,67793.20%€6,637$5,568
198420,95917,94190.47%€5,917$5,065
198318,06817,76286.37%€5,129$5,042
198213,97615,65473.64%€3,995$4,475
198111,03314,04868.96%€3,177$4,045
19808,54013,84164.77%€2,488$4,032
Ireland: Evolution of debt as a percentage of GDP

Ireland: Evolution of debt in millions