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GDP growth in Ireland

Is that economy growing or stalling?

Ireland's gdp growth is 12.34 % — #3 of 127 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2025.

12.34%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

GDP growth in Ireland over time

24.62 %9.76 %-5.10 %24.62 % · 2015-5.10 % · 20092000: 9.40 %2001: 5.31 %2002: 5.90 %2003: 3.01 %2004: 6.79 %2005: 5.74 %2006: 4.99 %2007: 5.31 %2008: -4.48 %2009: -5.10 %2010: 1.68 %2011: 1.61 %2012: -0.41 %2013: 2.19 %2014: 9.39 %2015: 24.62 %2016: 1.22 %2017: 10.11 %2018: 7.69 %2019: 4.97 %2020: 7.15 %2021: 16.26 %2022: 7.51 %2023: -2.54 %2024: 2.60 %2025: 12.34 %20002012202512.34 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#3 of 127
higher is better
Ranked behind
98 %
124 of 127 countries
Latest move
▲ 9.74 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
12.29 pp
peak 24.62 % in 2015
Full series
▲ 2.93 pp
since 2000

In Europe: #1 of 39vs median 2.90 %: +9.44 pp (better)

Among 127 countries

4 of 127 countries between -2.71 % and -2.14 %2 of 127 countries between -2.14 % and -1.56 %1 of 127 countries between -1.56 % and -0.99 %3 of 127 countries between -0.99 % and -0.41 %12 of 127 countries between 0.16 % and 0.74 %11 of 127 countries between 0.74 % and 1.31 %12 of 127 countries between 1.31 % and 1.89 %9 of 127 countries between 1.89 % and 2.47 %14 of 127 countries between 2.47 % and 3.04 %13 of 127 countries between 3.04 % and 3.62 %11 of 127 countries between 3.62 % and 4.19 %10 of 127 countries between 4.19 % and 4.77 %6 of 127 countries between 4.77 % and 5.34 %3 of 127 countries between 5.34 % and 5.92 %1 of 127 countries between 5.92 % and 6.49 %2 of 127 countries between 6.49 % and 7.07 %3 of 127 countries between 7.07 % and 7.64 %2 of 127 countries between 7.64 % and 8.22 %2 of 127 countries between 8.22 % and 8.79 %2 of 127 countries between 9.37 % and 9.95 %4 of 127 countries between 10.52 % and 11.10 %median 2.90 %Ireland: ahead of 98 % of the 127 countries with a published gdp growthIreland 12.34 % →-2.71 %11.10 %
Half of all 127 countries sit between 1.30 % and 4.37 %. Ireland is ahead of 98 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGDP growthvs Ireland
1 Guyana19.34 %+7.00 pp
2 Libya13.37 %+1.03 pp
3 Ireland12.34 %—
4 Kyrgyzstan11.10 %−1.24 pp
5 Ethiopia9.77 %−2.57 pp

Annual real GDP growth (World Bank).

How to read this figure

Annual growth of real GDP (World Bank) — the size of the economy adjusted for inflation. Population growth matters: a country can grow 2 % while its GDP per person stands still.

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