IMF Government Finance Statistics · updated 2026-10-03 · 78 economies tracked
38.5 (2024)
##43 of 78 economies
1.0%
0.63×
1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher
Real annual global ranks, 1990 - 2025. Ireland climbed from #16 to #43 (overtook Belgium). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.
Key events for Ireland ↓Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones
Government Social Protection Expenditure (% of GDP), Government Economic Affairs Expenditure (% of GDP), Government Financial Assets (% of GDP), Government Net Wealth Change from Other Economic Flows (% of GDP)
No community estimates yet for Government Total Liabilities (% of GDP) — be the first.