Ireland (2025)
37.5
% of GDP (current prices)
-4.1pp YoY
YoY Change
-4.1pp
percentage points
Trend
down
Series length
26
years of data

Data

Ireland Trade Balance — Goods & Services (% of GDP) (2025) — source data. Eurostat.
Year % of GDP (current prices) YoY Change
2025 37.5 -4.1pp
2024 41.6 +8.3pp
2023 33.3 -7.8pp
2022 41.1 -0.7pp
2021 41.8 +20.9pp
2020 20.9 +16.1pp
2019 4.8 -24.7pp
2018 29.5 +5.8pp
2017 23.7 +5pp
2016 18.7 -11pp
2015 29.7 +10.7pp
2014 19 -0.8pp
2013 19.8 +2.5pp
2012 17.3 -1.2pp
2011 18.5 +1.9pp
2010 16.6 +3.1pp
2009 13.5 +4.9pp
2008 8.6 +0.3pp
2007 8.3 +0.2pp
2006 8.1 -2.8pp

About this Dataset

Ireland recorded 37.5 % of GDP (current prices) in 2025. The latest change was -4.1pp. Across 2000–2025 the series ranges from 4.8 in 2019 to 41.8 in 2021.

This page tracks the external balance of goods and services as a share of GDP in Ireland from 2000 to present.

Data sourced from Eurostat via SDMX REST API. Values use harmonised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks the external balance of goods and services as a share of GDP in Ireland from 2000 to present. It is published by Eurostat and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2025. Eurostat typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2000–2025 (26 observations).

The series peaked at 41.8 % of GDP (current prices) in 2021 and reached its lowest recorded value of 4.8 in 2019. The latest reading of 37.5 in 2025 represents a change of -4.1pp.