Ireland Voluntary Health Insurance Expenditure (% of GDP) (2025)
Ireland's Voluntary Health Insurance Expenditure (% of GDP): 0.7 % of GDP in 2025, -0.1pp YoY. Eurostat (HLTH_SHA11_HF), 2011–2025.
Ireland (2025)
0.7
% of GDP
-0.1pp YoY
YoY Change
-0.1pp
percentage points
Trend
down
Series length
15
years of data
Data
| Year | % of GDP | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.7 | -0.1pp |
| 2024 | 0.8 | +0.1pp |
| 2023 | 0.7 | unchanged |
| 2022 | 0.7 | unchanged |
| 2021 | 0.7 | unchanged |
| 2020 | 0.7 | -0.2pp |
| 2019 | 0.9 | unchanged |
| 2018 | 0.9 | -0.1pp |
| 2017 | 1 | -0.1pp |
| 2016 | 1.1 | +0.1pp |
| 2015 | 1 | -0.4pp |
| 2014 | 1.4 | -0.1pp |
| 2013 | 1.5 | unchanged |
| 2012 | 1.5 | unchanged |
| 2011 | 1.5 | n/a |
About this Dataset
Ireland recorded 0.7 % of GDP in 2025. The latest change was -0.1pp. Across 2011–2025 the series ranges from 0.7 in 2022 to 1.5 in 2012.
This page tracks voluntary health insurance premiums as a percentage of GDP in Ireland from 2005 to present. Show the growth of private health insurance relative to public funding.
Data sourced from Eurostat via SDMX REST API. Values use harmonised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.
Frequently Asked Questions
This page tracks voluntary health insurance premiums as a percentage of GDP in Ireland from 2005 to present. Show the growth of private health insurance relative to public funding. 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 2011–2025 (15 observations).
The series peaked at 1.5 % of GDP in 2012 and reached its lowest recorded value of 0.7 in 2022. The latest reading of 0.7 in 2025 represents a change of -0.1pp.