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Ireland - Government Debt 41.11

IMF Global Debt Database · updated 2026-10-03 · 88 economies tracked

Latest value

41.11 (2024)

Global rank

##32 of 88 economies

Share of global total

0.8%

Growth since 1979

0.65×

Ranking Race — Government Debt

1 = global #1 · lower value ranks higher

#1#14#27#40#53#66#79195019651980199520102024#24#322022 overtook Latvia2024 overtook Kyrgyz Republic
IrelandTurkmenistanKiribatiMicronesia, Fed. Sts.Marshall Islands

Real annual global ranks, 1950 - 2024. Ireland climbed from #24 to #32 (overtook Latvia). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for Ireland ↓

Key Events — Ireland

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

2008
Fell 28 places in global rank auto
2022
Overtook Latvia in global rank auto
2024
Overtook Kyrgyz Republic in global rank auto

Government Debt, 1979-2024

IMF Global Debt Database · % of GDP · linear scale · ranking in the race above
19791989199920092019202423.6555.3487.04118.73
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