Ireland - Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP)

Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP) in Ireland was 23.74 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 37.60 in 1984, while its lowest value was 23.74 in 2019.

Definition: Revenue is cash receipts from taxes, social contributions, and other revenues such as fines, fees, rent, and income from property or sales. Grants are also considered as revenue but are excluded here.

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

See also:

Year Value
1972 27.39
1973 27.51
1974 28.18
1975 28.06
1976 30.66
1977 29.68
1978 29.17
1979 29.17
1980 32.08
1981 33.19
1982 35.39
1983 37.33
1984 37.60
1985 36.78
1986 36.11
1987 36.19
1988 36.13
1989 32.53
1990 32.26
1991 32.85
1992 33.26
1993 33.12
1994 33.78
1995 35.11
1996 35.19
1997 34.38
1998 33.42
1999 33.20
2000 32.94
2001 30.77
2002 29.73
2003 30.06
2004 31.15
2005 32.19
2006 33.76
2007 33.22
2008 31.92
2009 30.88
2010 30.96
2011 31.87
2012 32.21
2013 32.70
2014 32.56
2015 26.01
2016 26.26
2017 24.91
2018 24.49
2019 23.74

Limitations and Exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance