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Ireland Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics

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Country or Region: Ireland › Change country
Economic Indicator: Current Account Balance (% GDP) › See all Ireland indicators, › See Current Account Balance (% GDP) data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010 › Change year
Full Dataset: from 1980 to 2016
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
National or Regional Currency: Euro
Currency Symbol: EUR

Current account is all transactions other than those in financial and capital items. The major classifications are goods and services, income and current transfers. The focus of the BOP is on transactions (between an economy and the rest of the world) in goods, services, and income. See notes for: Gross domestic product, current prices (National currency) Current account balance (U.S. dollars).

Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics for Ireland , Year 2010 - In Detail

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Ireland in year 2010 is -0.723 %

This makes Ireland No. 58 in world rankings according to Current Account Balance (% GDP) in year 2010. The world's average Current Account Balance (% GDP) value is -2.68 %; Ireland is 1.96 more than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Ireland was -3.04 % Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Ireland in 2010 was or will be 76.22% less than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Ireland was or will be 0.19 %, which is 125.73% less than the 2010 figure.

* Source: IMF
Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Ireland, in other Years
Year %
  2016 0.126
  2015 0.132
  2014 0.162
  2013 0.237
  2012 0.59
  2011 0.186
2010 -0.723
  2009 -3.04
  2008 -5.65
  2007 -5.346
  2006 -3.555
  2005 -3.506
  2004 -0.581
  2003 -0.001
  2002 -0.993
  2001 -0.646
  2000 -0.361
  1999 0.25
  1998 0.799
  1997 3.317
  1996 3.488
  1995 3.201
  1994 3.186
  1993 3.975
  1992 0.721
  1991 -0.051
  1990 -1.412
  1989 -1.452
  1988 0.051
  1987 -0.106
  1986 -3.034
  1985 -4.087
  1984 -5.653
  1983 -6.461
  1982 -9.628
  1981 -13.435
  1980 -10.596