Ireland - Net incurrence of liabilities

Net incurrence of liabilities, total (current LCU)

The value for Net incurrence of liabilities, total (current LCU) in Ireland was -2,063,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 41,655,000,000 in 2010 and a minimum value of -10,847,000,000 in 2014.

Definition: Net incurrence of government liabilities includes foreign financing (obtained from nonresidents) and domestic financing (obtained from residents), or the means by which a government provides financial resources to cover a budget deficit or allocates financial resources arising from a budget surplus. The net incurrence of liabilities should be offset by the net acquisition of financial assets.

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

Year Value
1999 -749,000,000
2000 -4,602,000,000
2001 2,060,000,000
2002 2,355,000,000
2003 1,831,000,000
2004 260,000,000
2005 565,000,000
2006 -796,000,000
2007 3,942,000,000
2008 33,106,000,000
2009 26,335,000,000
2010 41,655,000,000
2011 25,267,000,000
2012 20,158,000,000
2013 5,623,000,000
2014 -10,847,000,000
2015 -3,012,000,000
2016 -2,392,000,000
2017 -597,000,000
2018 16,981,000,000
2019 -2,063,000,000

Net incurrence of liabilities, total (% of GDP)

Net incurrence of liabilities, total (% of GDP) in Ireland was -0.58 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 24.89 in 2010, while its lowest value was -5.56 in 2014.

Definition: Net incurrence of government liabilities includes foreign financing (obtained from nonresidents) and domestic financing (obtained from residents), or the means by which a government provides financial resources to cover a budget deficit or allocates financial resources arising from a budget surplus. The net incurrence of liabilities should be offset by the net acquisition of financial assets.

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

See also:

Year Value
1999 -0.81
2000 -4.24
2001 1.69
2002 1.73
2003 1.26
2004 0.17
2005 0.33
2006 -0.43
2007 2.00
2008 17.68
2009 15.54
2010 24.89
2011 14.72
2012 11.49
2013 3.13
2014 -5.56
2015 -1.15
2016 -0.89
2017 -0.20
2018 5.21
2019 -0.58

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance