Ireland | Expense (% of GDP)
Expense is cash payments for operating activities of the government in providing goods and services. It includes compensation of employees (such as wages and salaries), interest and subsidies, grants, social benefits, and other expenses such as rent and dividends. 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.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Ireland
Records
63
Source
Ireland | Expense (% of GDP)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
28.65911814 1972
28.65307829 1973
31.53039972 1974
34.82405095 1975
35.31683943 1976
34.10194912 1977
35.35666851 1978
36.92360792 1979
40.28994766 1980
42.17221112 1981
45.57790159 1982
46.50053191 1983
45.02562242 1984
45.86466716 1985
45.03469795 1986
44.71425366 1987
41.07610806 1988
35.16969227 1989
35.74205541 1990
37.12487828 1991
37.58219799 1992
37.62976583 1993
37.11573145 1994
37.20854607 1995
35.35851524 1996
33.07404163 1997
31.09597026 1998
29.40919174 1999
27.68928797 2000
28.98008959 2001
29.47455128 2002
29.72546652 2003
29.7186782 2004
30.42536038 2005
30.66194407 2006
31.92811125 2007
37.06952329 2008
44.04375909 2009
62.35973577 2010
44.80567156 2011
40.3051613 2012
38.38987383 2013
35.30782666 2014
27.50320379 2015
26.37579542 2016
24.58413014 2017
23.65369988 2018
22.5071541 2019
25.62911105 2020
22.96575868 2021
2022
Ireland | Expense (% of GDP)
Expense is cash payments for operating activities of the government in providing goods and services. It includes compensation of employees (such as wages and salaries), interest and subsidies, grants, social benefits, and other expenses such as rent and dividends. 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.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Ireland
Records
63
Source