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Provisional data for 2025 shows a general government surplus of €11.6 billion which is 1.8% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
In 2025, revenue fell by €3.9 billion (3%), while expenditure rose by €7.9 billion (6%), resulting in a reduction of €11.7 billion on the 2024 surplus (The 2024 surplus includes a one-off capital transfer revenue of €14.2 billion arising from a Court of Justice of the European Union ruling).
The general government debt ratio decreased to 32.9% of GDP at year end 2025.
Gross debt fell by €5.7 billion during 2025 with an end-year position of €209.9 billion (32.9% of GDP), compared with the 2024 figure of €215.6 billion (38.3% of GDP).
| X-axis label | GG gross debt (LHS) | GG net debt (LHS) | GG balance (RHS) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 42.9591322025901 | 35.6084477852095 | 1.62890347667083 |
| 2023 | 41.7886230331768 | 33.8672412061277 | 1.41577909994218 |
| 2024 | 38.3043752734032 | 27.5640623969435 | 4.14361051376041 |
| 2025 | 32.8648364838731 | 21.6320528277735 | 1.81420051164763 |
| Table 1.1 General Government Finances Main Aggregates | ||||||
| Balance | Gross Debt | Net Debt | ||||
| Year | €bn | % GDP | €bn | % GDP | €bn | % GDP |
| 2022 | 8.5 | 1.6 | 223.7 | 43.0 | 185.4 | 35.6 |
| 2023 | 7.4 | 1.4 | 219.3 | 41.8 | 177.7 | 33.9 |
| 2024 | 23.3 | 4.1 | 215.6 | 38.3 | 155.1 | 27.6 |
| 2025 | 11.6 | 1.8 | 209.9 | 32.9 | 138.2 | 21.6 |
Today's results are provisional. The detailed release and tables will be published on 21 April 2026. PxStat is not updated with this provisional data. It will be updated when the detailed release and tables are published.
The main Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP) notification tables for Ireland - details of government guarantees, Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) and concessions and tables showing the impact of government interventions in the financial sector - will be published on 22 April 2026, the same day as Eurostat's EDP statistics release.
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