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Table 1.1 Balance of International Payments | € million | |||
Merchandise Balance | Services and Income Balance | Current Account Balance | Current Account Balance as % of GDP | |
Q1 2024 | 38,814 | -23,923 | 14,891 | 11.9 |
Q1 2025 | 74,219 | -67,633 | 6,586 | 4.1 |
Q1-Q4 2023 | 156,059 | -114,795 | 41,262 | 8.1 |
Q1-Q4 2024 | 176,608 | -85,082 | 91,528 | 17.2 |
The Balance of Payments current account, a measure of Ireland’s economic flows with the rest of the world, showed a surplus of €6.5bn in the first quarter of 2025, a decrease of €8.3bn compared with the Q1 2024 surplus of €14.9bn due to increases in both the merchandise and services balance being offset by increased outflows of investment income.
Current Account | |
Q4 2022 | 5.85002694618576 |
Q1 2023 | 9.25099682331505 |
Q2 2023 | 9.03677156955853 |
Q3 2023 | 14.3336175845611 |
Q4 2023 | -0.410091629454137 |
Q1 2024 | 11.8850602788173 |
Q2 2024 | 28.2100323051422 |
Q3 2024 | 16.6227883073788 |
Q4 2024 | 12.6108145847666 |
Q1 2025 | 4.14232073110137 |
Merchandise | Services | Primary Income | Secondary Income | Balance on Current Account | |
Q4 2022 | 54.578 | -4.849 | -40.621 | -1.224 | 7.884 |
Q1 2023 | 53.764 | 1.052 | -41.815 | -1.196 | 11.805 |
Q2 2023 | 35.785 | 7.184 | -30.46 | -1.161 | 11.348 |
Q3 2023 | 36.843 | 10.763 | -27.863 | -1.113 | 18.629 |
Q4 2023 | 29.667 | -7.28 | -21.524 | -1.382 | -0.52 |
Q1 2024 | 38.814 | 9.294 | -32.043 | -1.174 | 14.891 |
Q2 2024 | 39.533 | 24.485 | -27.382 | -1.156 | 35.481 |
Q3 2024 | 43.816 | 9.876 | -29.68 | -1.034 | 22.978 |
Q4 2024 | 54.445 | 4.8 | -39.849 | -1.219 | 18.178 |
Q1 2025 | 74.219 | -0.41 | -66.175 | -1.048 | 6.586 |
Direct Investment | Portfolio Investment | Other Investment | Reserve Assets | Balance on Financial Account | |
Q4 2022 | 11.956 | -27.127 | 26.093 | -0.022 | 10.9 |
Q1 2023 | 13.809 | -24.222 | 16.125 | 0.011 | 5.723 |
Q2 2023 | 7.979 | 87.024 | -91.396 | -0.024 | 3.58 |
Q3 2023 | -20.573 | 44.828 | -5.339 | -0.529 | 18.387 |
Q4 2023 | 11.704 | -9.079 | 6.498 | 0.107 | 9.229 |
Q1 2024 | 14.211 | 33.405 | -36.741 | -0.085 | 10.789 |
Q2 2024 | 35.701 | -4.468 | 2.954 | 0.007 | 34.196 |
Q3 2024 | -3.674 | 18.225 | 8.552 | -0.305 | 22.797 |
Q4 2024 | 12.725 | 4.978 | -2.583 | 0.245 | 15.363 |
Q1 2025 | -2.406 | 4.38 | 14.428 | 0.238 | 16.638 |
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