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General profile: Ireland

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR 2024
Exchange rate
Population
Population
Exchange rates
GDP
GDP
5.255 Millions
0.924 EUR/US$
563 288 Millions current US$
Land area¹
Land area
CPI growth (%)
CPI growth
GDP growth
GDP growth
(u) 68 890 km²
..
-1.20 %
INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
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+16.0 %
Merchandise exports growth rate in 2024
Total merchandise trade
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Merchandise exports
109 657
116 497
123 361
241 612
Merchandise imports
68 565
60 276
76 977
143 110
Merchandise trade balance
41 092
56 220
46 385
98 502
Export structure by product group in 2024
(as % of total exports)
1 %1 %91 %91 %8 %8 %
Top 5 partners in 2024
(exports, millions of US$)
78 61224 88722 58421 79018 43478 61224 88722 58421 79018 434
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES
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Total trade in services²
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Services exports
56 554
92 150
160 460
519 544
Services imports
73 468
109 956
196 631
467 096
Services trade balance
-16 914
-17 806
-36 171
52 448
Services exports by main category²
(as % of total services)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Transport
-
5.2
4.5
2.2
Travel
-
4.4
3.5
1.5
Other services
-
88.9
90.9
96.0
TRADE INDICES
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12610911711212111911410210710087869299105107106112114686467738185879210010099102107110118118110113118
ECONOMIC TRENDS
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-1.2 %
Gross domestic product growth rate in 2024
Economic indicators
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2024
GDP, current
211 877
221 986
302 391
563 288
GDP per capita, current US$
50 990
48 691
64 305
107 190
Real GDP growth, y-on-y, %
5.74
1.68
24.62
-1.20
Current account balance, % of GDP
-3.54
-1.20
6.13
16.94
Exchange rate (/US$)
0.804
0.754
0.901
0.924
GDP by expenditure in 2023
(as % of total GDP)
28.012.426.3135.1102.228.012.426.3135.1102.2
FDI AND EXTERNAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES
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+4.4 %
FDI outflows as % of GDP in 2024
Financial flows
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2024
FDI inflows
-31 689.30
42 804.07
215 477.64
-38 890.99
FDI outflows
14 312.54
22 348.34
168 130.48
24 931.54
Personal remittances, % of GDP
0.24
0.30
0.20
..
Financial flows trends
(millions of US$)
570.9531.8179.9276.1586.7623.6596.7575.5603.6725.8722.4695.0756.0658.0573.2633.4589.4539.3-38 891-2 677-55 847-11 598109 561163 805-5 69169 45823 324215 47852 51347 36048 88423 54542 80425 715-16 45324 707-5 542-31 689-10 60822 78129 3249 65125 779FDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receipts
TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES
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Trade balance indicators²
(as % and index)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Balance, % of GDP
10.90
16.61
29.64
43.22
Balance, % of imports
15.90
19.20
30.58
38.50
Normalized balance
0.074
0.088
0.133
0.161
Trade openness²
(sum of imports and exports as % of GDP)
268243238231258258223233239223211199196186190173159153150148
LIVING AREA
Population by living area in 2024
(% of population)
Urban 65%Urban 65%Rural 35%Rural 35%
OTHER INDICATORS
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0.016 %
Share of the total world merchant fleet in 2024
Maritime transport indicators
 
2005
2010
2015
2024
Merchant fleet, national flag (thousands of DWT)
468
196
309
389
Container port throughput (TEU)
..
782 115
860 278
..
Information economy indicators
(as % of)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Share of ICT goods, % of total exports
21.85
6.85
5.97
6.59
Share of ICT goods, % of total imports
23.07
9.52
8.85
12.45
Share of workforce involved in the ICT sector
..
..
..
..
Source: UNCTADstat (http://unctadstat.unctad.org)
Notes:
1
Land area refers to the total area of a country excluding area under inland water bodies. It differs from the country area, that includes area under inland water bodies, but excludes offshore territorial waters.
2
Statistics presented correspond to the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6, 2009).
u
Estimated. Data refers to 2020.
Symbols for missing values:
0
Zero means that the amount is nil or negligible
..
No value reported or collected
_
Not applicable
...
Not available, including no quotation
#
Non-relevant calculation
-
Not publishable
***
Negative accumulation of flows; Value included in regional and global totals
Abbreviations & acronyms:
DWT:
Dead weight tons
FDI:
Foreign direct investment
GDP:
Gross domestic product
ICT:
Information and communication technology
TEU:
Twenty foot equivalent unit
US$:
United States dollar
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Generation date: 02 December 2025