Ireland - Goods and services expense (current LCU)

The value for Goods and services expense (current LCU) in Ireland was 10,206,310,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10,206,310,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 63,486,900 in 1972.

Definition: Goods and services include all government payments in exchange for goods and services used for the production of market and nonmarket goods and services. Own-account capital formation is excluded.

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

Year Value
1972 63,486,900
1973 77,454,020
1974 96,500,100
1975 123,164,600
1976 146,019,900
1977 177,763,300
1978 206,967,300
1979 251,408,100
1980 321,243,700
1981 389,809,600
1982 460,914,900
1983 548,526,800
1984 571,382,100
1985 614,553,200
1986 695,816,400
1987 683,119,100
1988 650,105,900
1989 655,184,800
1990 651,375,600
1991 703,434,900
1992 784,698,100
1993 772,000,800
1994 808,823,200
1995 873,797,000
1996 896,122,000
1997 1,030,326,000
1998 1,312,730,000
1999 1,473,825,000
2000 1,782,160,000
2001 2,232,683,000
2002 2,342,622,000
2003 2,554,718,000
2004 2,749,284,000
2005 5,694,253,000
2006 6,278,138,000
2007 7,280,647,000
2008 7,645,045,000
2009 7,943,097,000
2010 7,268,898,000
2011 7,193,650,000
2012 6,840,540,000
2013 6,907,638,000
2014 7,194,043,000
2015 7,711,505,000
2016 8,021,201,000
2017 8,437,446,000
2018 9,083,359,000
2019 10,206,310,000

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.

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance