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
1972 28.65911814
1973 28.65307829
1974 31.53039972
1975 34.82405095
1976 35.31683943
1977 34.10194912
1978 35.35666851
1979 36.92360792
1980 40.28994766
1981 42.17221112
1982 45.57790159
1983 46.50053191
1984 45.02562242
1985 45.86466716
1986 45.03469795
1987 44.71425366
1988 41.07610806
1989 35.16969227
1990 35.74205541
1991 37.12487828
1992 37.58219799
1993 37.62976583
1994 37.11573145
1995 37.20854607
1996 35.35851524
1997 33.07404163
1998 31.09597026
1999 29.40919174
2000 27.68928797
2001 28.98008959
2002 29.47455128
2003 29.72546652
2004 29.7186782
2005 30.42536038
2006 30.66194407
2007 31.92811125
2008 37.06952329
2009 44.04375909
2010 62.35973577
2011 44.80567156
2012 40.3051613
2013 38.38987383
2014 35.30782666
2015 27.50320379
2016 26.37579542
2017 24.58413014
2018 23.65369988
2019 22.5071541
2020 25.62911105
2021 22.96575868
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