Ireland - Central government debt

Central government debt, total (current LCU)

The value for Central government debt, total (current LCU) in Ireland was 113,192,000,000 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 113,192,000,000 in 2009 and a minimum value of 41,966,760,000 in 2000.

Definition: Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year.

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

Year Value
1998 47,731,570,000
1999 44,543,050,000
2000 41,966,760,000
2001 43,110,870,000
2002 45,304,640,000
2003 46,926,080,000
2004 48,140,750,000
2005 53,000,130,000
2006 51,095,330,000
2007 53,888,080,000
2008 88,284,860,000
2009 113,192,000,000

Central government debt, total (% of GDP)

Central government debt, total (% of GDP) in Ireland was 70.48 as of 2009. Its highest value over the past 11 years was 70.48 in 2009, while its lowest value was 28.37 in 2007.

Definition: Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year.

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

See also:

Year Value
1998 60.75
1999 49.22
2000 39.65
2001 36.50
2002 34.50
2003 33.29
2004 31.97
2005 32.42
2006 28.66
2007 28.37
2008 49.05
2009 70.48

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance