Distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on in Ireland
Ireland: Distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on was 0.148 Percentage of GDP in 2022. ▬ Flat
Distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on in Ireland, 2015–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 0.148 Percentage of GDP for distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on in 2022.
That represents a change of down 5.9% on the previous year and up 15.4% over ten years.
That places Ireland 23rd out of 23 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on in Ireland, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 0.1283 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2017 | 0.167 Percentage of GDP | +30.2% |
| 2018 | 0.1807 Percentage of GDP | +8.2% |
| 2019 | 0.1873 Percentage of GDP | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 0.1411 Percentage of GDP | -24.7% |
| 2021 | 0.1572 Percentage of GDP | +11.5% |
| 2022 | 0.148 Percentage of GDP | -5.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.1658 Percentage of GDP | 0.1283 Percentage of GDP | 0.1873 Percentage of GDP | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.1488 Percentage of GDP | 0.1411 Percentage of GDP | 0.1572 Percentage of GDP | 3 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
More education data for Ireland
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 32,531 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 1,942 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 52,745 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 49,975 (2022)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 456,625 (2022)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 548,873 (2022)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.49 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1053 units per person (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on in Ireland?
- Distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on in Ireland was 0.148 Percentage of GDP in 2022, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1873 Percentage of GDP in 2019.
- What is the lowest distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1283 Percentage of GDP in 2015.
- How does Ireland rank for distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on?
- Ireland ranks 23rd out of 23 countries with data for 2022.
- Is distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Ireland data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on educational institutions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset contains data on government, private and expenditure on educational institutions. Government expenditure can be brokendown by central, regional (state) and local levels of government. Private sector can also be brokendown by households and other non-educational private sector. Expenditure are reported after transfers between entities, transfers can be from higher to lower levels of government, from the government to the private sector, or from non-domestic source to the government. The default table displays expenditure for the general government, the private sector and non-domestic sources in 2020 constant USD PPP (top section), in percentage of GDP (middle section), and in percentage (distribution by sector, in the bottom section), for the combined primary to tertiary levels of education, and for all public and private educational institutions. This can be changed to display data by: level of education, type of educational institution, level of financing source, local currency/USD PPP, and current/constant prices. Please note that the filters are inter related, meaning that selection in one category may impact the possibility to select options in another category. Please note that non-domestic expenditure is labelled "Rest of the world". Data for the latest available year are preliminary. Final data will be released on 29 September 2026. For more information, please consult the Education at a Glance web page.