Ireland Current Account Balance

Current and historical current account balance data for Ireland, including latest value (17.4), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Ireland
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:35:27+02:00
Economy Data Rating
Ireland · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
A
78 / 100
Strong stability
Fiscal stability 23.8 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 18.9 / 20
External stability 5 / 15
Financial robustness 11.4 / 15
Structural stability 7.1 / 10
Future capacity 8.1 / 10
Demographic capacity 3.8 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 80% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 2005–2024 20052024
2005 2024
Selected year: 2024 · Value: n/a 2024

Ireland · current account balance as a percentage of gdp.

2005–2024
17.4 percent of GDP
7.89 percent of GDP
3.03 percent of GDP
3 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2024
current account balance rate reference line

Countries by current account balance

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Kuwait 29.15 high
Singapore 18 high
Ireland 17.4 high
Qatar 17.29 high
Norway 15.58 high
United Arab Emirates 14.48 medium
Hong Kong 13.39 medium
Denmark 12.2 medium

Interpretation

short note

This external-sector indicator helps assess cross-border flows, reserves and external vulnerability.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Germany 5.81
France 0.09
China 2.26

Related indicators

internal links
Exports NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS
Imports NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS
Trade Openness NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS
Foreign Reserves FI.RES.TOTL.CD

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:35:27+02:00

Ireland Snapshot

country profile
Population 5.4 m
GDP 609.16 bn
Debt/GDP n/a
Inflation 2.11%
Unemployment 4.63%
Currency n/a
Region Europe
Income group High income

Ireland Current Account Balance: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Current Account Balance for Ireland. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: ireland current account balance rate, current account balance data ireland, ireland current account balance statistics, ireland percent of gdp.