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Ireland — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Ireland, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
12.34%
GDP Growth (Annual %) · annual % · +146.0% since 1961
GDP growth for Ireland was 12.34% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 24.62% in 2015. The lowest was -5.10% in 2009 (about -2.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.42% per year.
Ireland ranks 4 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 2%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 2.03%, so Ireland sits above it. It peaked in 2015 and has fallen 50% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 50%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
12.34%
First (1961)
5.02%
Change
+146.0%
Highest
24.62%
in 2015
Lowest
-5.10%
in 2009
Average
5.09%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.42%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 12.34% |
| 2024 | 2.6% |
| 2023 | -2.54% |
| 2022 | 7.51% |
| 2021 | 16.26% |
| 2020 | 7.15% |
| 2019 | 4.97% |
| 2018 | 7.69% |
| 2017 | 10.11% |
| 2016 | 1.22% |
| 2015 | 24.62% |
| 2014 | 9.39% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at constant market prices. A negative value means the economy contracted that year. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.